Banjo
Object type: Banjo
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: American
Artist: Billy Reed Hampton
Artist bio: American, Dongola, Kentucky, born 1940
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: American
Date: 1994
Medium: Wood, skin, metal
Dimensions: Length:   ±82 cm (32 5/16 in.);  rim diameter:  ±27 cm (10 5/8 in.);  string length:  61 cm (24 in.);  45.5 cm (17 15/16 in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Geography:  New York  New York United States  
Credit line: Gift of Billy Reed Hampton, 1994
Accession year: 1994