Object Details
- Description
- This banjo was made by an unknown maker in the United States around 1930-1940. It is a Five-String Banjo, with 5 brackets. It was sold through Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalogs, and is typical of the inexpensive instruments which became easily available at that time to musical enthusiasts through mass-marketing and mail order convenience.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Adam Gallan
- 1930-1940
- ID Number
- 1987.0055.03
- catalog number
- 1987.0055.03
- accession number
- 1987.0055
- Object Name
- banjo
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- animal skin (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 37 1/2 in x 11 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 95.25 cm x 28.575 cm x 6.35 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Banjos
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_606101
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-4eab-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
