Papoose guitar?

[cheetah]

does anyone know anything about the papoose guitars? i saw emily robison playing this instrument so i looked it up and the info said that it sounded very much like a mandolin? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[Mandobar]

i have one of these. it is a high alto sounding guitar (tuned to A), but not at all like a mando. ricky skaggs used one of these capo-ed on "cowboy take me" on the dixie chicks album "FLY".