Primitive Folk Handmade Guitalin Benches The sculpture utilizes a counterweight

The sculpture utilizes a counterweight system

Original 6-color

name plates and locks are brass

He was the subject of retrospective exhibitions at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris between 1980 and 2000

Higgins died in 1950

Primitive Folk Handmade Guitalin Benches The sculpture utilizes a counterweightABOUT A vintage, wooden guitalin. The guitalin features a distinct trapezoidal body and typically has four courses of strings. The sound is often described as a hybrid between a banjo and a mandolin. Either played by finger picking or using a plectrum. CREATOR Unknown. DATE OF MANUFACTURE c. 1960. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Wood. CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age and use. Repaired cracks on front. Missing one dowel. Missing strings. DIMENSIONS H