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Mandolin

Date1908-1910 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelKite Model
Serial No.none
SignedPrinted on a paper label glued to the inside of the back: KITE / MANDOLIN / F. LANG / CHICAGO, ILL. / PATENT / APRIL 28 / 1908MarkingsnoneDescriptionTop: spruce
Bowl: maple and birch
Head and neck: mahogany

colored fruitwood rosette; decorative pick guard
17 metal frets; eight strings; machine heads
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02774
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