Hammig Five-String Fretless Banjo
date: label: date made
content: 1871-1885
name: label: maker
content: Hammig, E.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This banjo was made by Ernst Hammig in New York, New York around 1871-1885. It is a Five-String Fretless Banjo with a rosewood hoop, thirty brackets, rosewood neck, and friction pegs. Many of Hammig’s banjos have a unique carved line on the back of the neck near the 5th string. Hammig was listed at various addresses on Forsyth Street in 19th century New York City Directories as a banjo and musical instrument maker. Stamped on the dowel stick:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>E.HAMMIG<br>NEW YORK</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Banjos
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Made available through the Cooper Union Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.60.1381
label: catalog number
content: 60.1381
label: accession number
content: 227687
objectType: label: Object Name
content: banjo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: animal skin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 1/4 in x 12 in x 2 1/2 in; 86.995 cm x 30.48 cm x 6.35 cm