American Five-String Fretless Banjo
date: label: date made
content: 1925-1960
name: label: unspecified
content: Maxwell Fund, Mary E.
notes: label: Description
content: This banjo was made by an unknown maker in Tennessee around 1925-1960. It is a Five-String Bnajo, made from two wood round discs separated by a smaller wood disc. Ten carriage bolts connect the two large discs together. The neck and peghead are carved from a single piece of wood and attached to the body with a carriage bolt. Animal skin is stretched over a wood ring and inserted into the hole in the top disc to serve as a banjo head. The tailpiece is made from a piece of metal and is secured by a bolt.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Tennessee
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.78.08
label: accession number
content: 301219
label: catalog number
content: 78.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: banjo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 1/2 in x 12 3/4 in x 2 in; 92.71 cm x 32.385 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 1/4 in x 12 5/8 in x 2 5/8 in; 92.075 cm x 32.0675 cm x 6.6675 cm