American Five-String Fretless Banjo
date: label: date made
content: 1880 - 1882
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This banjo was made by an unknown maker in the United States around 1880-1882. It is a Five-String Banjo with a metal covered wood hoop, twenty-four brackets, walnut fingerboard, and friction pegs. There is a medallion on the bottom of the fingerboard:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>J.H.J.<br>NY&C</p>
label: Description
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument was sold as a “Stage Banjo” (#6972).</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Howard Foote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.055721
label: catalog number
content: 55721
label: accession number
content: 11535
objectType: label: Object Name
content: banjo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (hoop material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (bolts; nuts material)
label: Physical Description
content: walnut (neck material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (fingerboard material)
label: Physical Description
content: pearl (tuning pegs material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 3/4 in x 11 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in; 90.805 cm x 29.21 cm x 6.985 cm