Steel Drum, used by Jeni LeGon
date: label: Date made
content: late 1950s
name: label: user
content: LeGon, Jeni
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This drum was made by an unknown maker, provenance unknown, late 1950s. It is a Steel Drum or Steelpan, made from a 55-gallon oil drum, with a red painted shell. Curved indentations in the top of steelpan make different musical notes when struck. Each indentation is highlighted in yellow paint with indication of which note of the musical scale it will play when struck. Hand painted and used by Jeni LeGon in the traveling show with her dance troupe, "Jazz Caribe," 1959-1969. Painted on the shell:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>JENI</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p> (embossed on label maker tape):</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>JENI LEGON'S JAZZ CARIBE</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: 2002.0389.03
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0389.03
label: accession number
content: 2002.0389
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drum
label: Object Name
content: drum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel; plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/8 in x 23 in; 25.7175 cm x 58.42 cm