DepartmentLatin America
Four-stringed Musical Instrument
NameMusical Instrument
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Place madeGuatemala, Central America
MediumWood, armadillo shell, metal
Dimensions23 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 2 3/8 in. (60 × 17 × 6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Mrs. Walter Mayer, A.1967.28.1
Object numberA.1967.28.1
DescriptionWith sound box consisting of armadillo shell bottom piece, and wooden top piece which is attached to machine-made fretted neck piece and four tuning pegs.
Early 20th C.
Artist Not Recorded
20th century
Mid-20th century
Late 19th - 20th C.
c. 1960
