Bass Drum Sling
date: label: date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This drum sling were made by an unknown maker and unknown provenance, from 1878 to 1882, and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is made of webbing with a tinned iron strap.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This drum sling listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, were as sold as Bass Drum Sling or Belt (#7175), for $18.00 per dozen</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
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.055743
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55743
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: webbing (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in; 6.35 cm