Vega cylinder back mandolin with abalone soundhole rosette, and engraved fingerboard inlays. First image shows the full instrument leaning against a stacked woodpile, the second image is a close-up of the decorative design. Photographs by Gerry Milnes, March 1990. Randolph County, WV. archive reference: GM S1406 and GM S1416. Project description: The Milnes Collection contains audio-visual recordings made and collected by the Augusta Heritage Center’s former Folk Arts Coordinator, Gerald Milnes. Throughout his career with Augusta, Milnes conducted field work to amass a large collection of photographs, oral histories, music, and event recordings. He recorded the bulk of the collection from the early 1970s to 2013, but the collection also includes tapes and photographs with earlier dates that others sent to him.
