Mallets, used by Jeni LeGon
date: label: Date made
content: late 1950s
name: label: user
content: LeGon, Jeni
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>These mallets were made by an unknown maker, provenance unknown, late 1950s. They are carved wooden sticks, with small cylindrical heads covered in cross-woven reed soaked in glue or resin.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Accessioned with steel drum (Cat. #2002.0389.04). Used by Jeni LeGon in the traveling show with her dance troupe, "Jazz Caribe," 1959-1969.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Jeni LeGon (born Jennie Ligon, 1916– 2012), also credited as Jeni Le Gon, was an American dancer, dance instructor, and actress. She was one of the first African-American women to establish a solo career in tap dance. In 1999, the National Film Board of Canada released a documentary film about her life, <i>Jeni Le Gon: Living in a Great Big Way,</i> directed by Grant Greshuk and produced by Selwyn Jacob.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Dancers
label: Subject
content: African American
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Percussion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Jeni LeGon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0389.04
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0389.04
label: accession number
content: 2002.0389
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mallets (2)
label: Object Name
content: mallets
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 1 1/8 in; 25.4 cm x 2.921 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, minimum: 9 3/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 24.765 cm x 2.8575 cm