Tortoise Shell Plucked String Instrument
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This plucked string instrument was made by an unknown maker, provenance and date unknown. It is a plucked string instrument made of a tortoise shell, wood neck, animal skin top, and two strings. The accession paperwork identifies this instrument as a "primitive banjo."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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.60.1383
label: accession number
content: 227687
label: catalog number
content: 60.1383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plucked string instrument
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tortoise shell (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: animal skin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 23 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 59.69 cm x 13.97 cm