Nicòla Turturro | Mandolira | American | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Title: Mandolira

Maker: Nicòla Turturro (American, Bitonto, Italy 1872–1953 New York)

Date: ca. 1905

Geography: Mount Vernon, New York, United States

Culture: American

Medium: Spruce, mahogany, rosewood, tortoiseshell, metal, various materials

Dimensions: Overall: L. ±64.8 x W. 35 x D. ±15.4 cm (25 1/2 x 13 3/4 x 6 1/16 in.)
Fingerboards: L. (nut to base) 25 x W. at base 4.4 cm (9 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Body: L. (without arms): ±24 cm x W at widest 23.5
Vibrating length of strings: 33.3 cm and 33.5
Soundhole diameter: ±6.0 x 3.7 cm
Width across tips of arms: 35 cm

Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1975

Accession Number: 1975.357.1

Marking: (label inside body and stamp behind pegbox)
N. Turturro/N.Y.C./Manufacturer

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