Drumsticks used by Art Blakey
date: label: Date
content: 1980s
name: label: Created by
content: Vic Firth Company, American, founded 1963
label: Used by
content: Art Blakey, American, 1919 - 1990
notes: label: Description
content: A pair of wooden drumsticks, the last to be used by Art Blakey. The drumsticks are cylindrical with one rounded end and one tapered end with a small bulbous tip. Stamped labels in black read "VIC / FIRTH" and "AMERICAN CLASSIC 5A / USA". One of the sticks is scratched and gouged heavily, with material missing from the tip.
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Peter Bradley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.36.4ab
objectType: label: Type
content: drumsticks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood
label: Dimensions
content: 2012.36.4a: 16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in. (40.6 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: 2012.36.4b: 16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in. (40.6 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm)