Objekt 2
Chitarra battente
Object description
Maker unknown
Southern Italy, 19th c.
Spruce (belly, rounded body, neck stained); ivory medallions (inlays, fingerboard); mull icolored semi-precious stones (inlays, peg-box); metal (strings); belly with fine multi-layered rose
Peg-box; ten pegs inserted in the back
Nine frets (fingerboard); five double courses
L. 93,5 cm, 43 cm (belly), L. 56 cm (vibrating strings)
Donation Hans Peter His, Basel
Inv. 1948.169.