Gibson Style A "Snakehead" Model Carved Top Mandolin (1923), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, brown varnish finish, birch body, spruce top, mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard, original black hard shell case.
Overall length is 26 in. (66 cm.), 10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) width, and 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 14 in. (356 mm.). Width of nut is 1 1/8 in. (29 mm.).
A great-playing and sounding Snakehead; all original except for a layer of tortoise binding around the back that appears to have been added around the 1940's, probably to correct for back shrinkage. General light playwear, one repaired grain crack under the pickguard, and a strap button hole near the heel. Generally Excellent Condition.
