Arch-top guitar (style O Artist)
Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Company
(American)
about 1918
Object PlaceKalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Medium/TechniqueBirch, spruce, mahogany, ebony, ivory, mother-of-pearl, plastic, steel, copper, nickel silver
DimensionsLength 97 cm, width 40.9 cm (Length 38 3/16 in., width 16 1/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by the Gibson Guitar Corporation
Accession number2001.138
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
ProvenanceLate 1980s, sold by Mr. Babitz, New York, to Fred Oster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 2001, sold by Oster to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 21, 2001)
Kay Musical Instrument Company (Kay-Kraft Brand)
about 1933
