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Travel guitar (Backpacker model)

1999
Object PlaceNazareth, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, spruce, rosewood, plastic, steel, copper, nickel silver
DimensionsLength 89 cm, width 19.7 cm, depth 5 cm (Length 35 1/16 in., width 7 3/4 in., depth 1 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of The Martin Guitar Company
Accession number2000.591
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ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsEmbossed into soundboard: C. F. Martin & Co./ EST. 1833; printed label: The/ Backpacker/ Guitar/ Serial # [handwritten: 95. 043]/ .../ Manufactured by/ C.F. Martin & Co., Inc./ Made in Mexico...
Provenance2000, gift of the maker to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 22, 2000)
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