Object Details
- Description
- This banjo was made by an unknown maker in Bristol, Tennessee during the 19th century. It is a Five-String Fretless Banjo. The banjo has a commercial neck cut down and joined to a 4 bracket hoop of welded wrought iron, perhaps salvaged from an iron wagon wheel rim. Although now unplayable, the combination of a small diameter head and heavy rim would have produced a loud and clear tone.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Peck Daniel
- 1800-1899
- ID Number
- MI.66.155
- catalog number
- 66.155
- accession number
- 263346
- Object Name
- banjo
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- animal skin (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 28 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in x 2 in; 72.39 cm x 16.51 cm x 5.08 cm
- place made
- United States: Tennessee, Bristol
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Banjos
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_605682
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-507e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
