Frottoir
date: label: Date made
content: 2001
name: label: referenced
content: Chenier, Clifton
label: referenced
content: Chenier, Cleveland
label: maker
content: Landry, Tee Don
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This rubboard or vest frottoir was made by Tee Don Landry in Duson, Louisiana, in 2001. It is made of corrugated stainless steel, serial #006. The vest frottoir is worn over the chest and is held in place with two curved arms placed over the shoulders. This instrument is played as a rhythm instrument by rubbing either bottle openers or spoons on the corrugation. There is a maker’s inscription on the back of the frottoir.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>According to the donor, the earliest frottoirs were wash boards tied around the neck. This frottoir was made in the same style and process as the donor's father, Willie Landry. Landry, a welder at a refinery is said to have made the first molded rubboard, metal chest plate that fits/hangs above and around the shoulder. His first rubboard was said to have been made for the zydeco musicians, Clifton and Cleveland Chenier in the early 1947.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Louisiana, Duson
topic: label: used
content: Zydeco
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Percussion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Don Landry in memory of Willie Landry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0181.02
label: serial number
content: 006
label: accession number
content: 2001.0181
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0181.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rubboard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 12 3/16 in x 15 in; 13.97 cm x 30.95625 cm x 38.1 cm