Object Details
- Collector
- James G. Swan
- Donor Name
- James G. Swan
- FROM CARD: "MADE OF PINE. THE BODY IS CIRCULAR, THE BACK AND BELLY ARE BOTH FLAT AND OF THIN WOOD. THE SIDES ARE VERTICAL, OF A BENT PIECE OF WOOD. THE NECK IS RATHER LONG, THE FINGERBOARD ON THE SAME PLANE IS THE BELLY. IT HAS 5 GUT FRETS. THE HEAD IS BENT BACK FROM THE NECK AND FITTED WITH 3 VERTICAL TUNING KEYS. THERE IS ALSO A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE NECK 10-1/2 IN. BELOW THE NUT WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN USED WITH A SHORT STRING, BUT IT IS PLACED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE NECK. THE TAIL PIECE IS A SHORT STRAP OF LEATHER. IT IS PIERCED WITH FOUR HOLES FOR STRINGS. THE STRINGS AND BRIDGE ARE MISSING. THE BODY IS SIMILAR TO THE CHINESE MOON GUITAR, WHILE THE NECK RESEMBLES THAT OF THE BANJO, THE UPPER END OF WHICH IS BROKEN."
- Record Last Modified
- 14 Apr 2020
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Accession Date
- 1876
- Collection Date
- 1875
- Accession Number
- 004730
- USNM Number
- E20792-0
- Object Type
- Stringed Instrument
- Place
- Baranof Island / Sitka, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America
- See more items in
- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8358335
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/355a5be1c-abb8-4e6d-886d-1910b264e4ce
