Title: Banjo
Object type: Banjo
Date: ca. 1884
Culture: American U.S.A.
Artist:  Hercules McCord 
Artist bio: American, St. Louis 1855–1890 St. Louis
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Metal, parchment
Dimensions: L.  36  x Head Diam. 11 7/16 in. (91.5 x  29 cm)
String Length: Longest  30 1/8 in. (76.5 cm); Shortest 22 5/8 in. (57.5 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY