MANDOLIN-GUITAR HAMMER

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

MANDOLIN-GUITAR HAMMER

Entry/Object ID

2002.87.1.2

Description

Color: Brown A hammer for a mandolin-guitar, ca. 1920s. The object has a wood handle with a felt pad on the bottom of it. A metal bar connects from the handle to the hammer end which is of round wood. Also in the accession is a mandolin-guitar which is item .1, a pick .3, a tuning key .4, an instruction booklet .5, and instruction sheets .6. With some stains on the handle, tarnish on the metal, and wear on the felt pad, the artifact is in good overall condition.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Musical instruments, Stringed instruments

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Hammers (percussion instrument components), Hartola, International Musical Corporation

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Hammers (Percussion Instrument Component