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Uke Kum

Uke Kum

Alternate name:Long-neck lute
Date: 1910-1940 ca.
Place Made:United States, North America
Serial No: none
SignedPainted vertically on peghead: UKE KUM
MarkingsFinger positions painted on neck.
DescriptionWooden, box-shaped body (small cigar-box size) with 2 soundholes. Long neck, with a single metal string attached to a peg and end button. Gold-painted Orientalist designs and finger position markings.
DimensionsOverall height: 865 mm
Sound box: 230 x 150 x 45mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 05007