Five string banjo style neck, paired with a teardrop shaped "mandolin" body with a 10" bout. Beautifully figured rosewood back and sides, with spruce top with attractive inlaid rosewood and marquetry finger guard between the sound hole and the bridge.. Equipped with original bridge, tailpieceand friction tuners. Pollman medallion inlaid in the peghead. . Past repaired back crack , minimal wear present. This is a fine banjo for "after hours" playing!!

"August Pollman was an instrument distributor in the 1890's and his catalog included both regular five-string banjos and mandoline-banjos such as this one. These instruments were believed to have been made for Pollman by Pehr Anderberg, a Swedish-born guitar maker." From BillsBanjos.com