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Title: Mandolin
Date: 19th century
Culture: European
Medium: Wood, metal
Dimensions: Total length 44.5 cm., Length of fingerboard (nut to end) 19.4 cm., Width of fingerboard at base 3.9 cm., Length of body +/- 20.7 cm., Width of body at widest 20.4 cm., Depth of body at greatest 3.4 cm., Vibrating length of strings 32.0 cm., Diameter of sound hole +/- 5.0 cm.
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number: 89.4.1043
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