Pair of Drum Sticks
date: label: date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>These drum sticks 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. They are made of coca-wood</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. These drum sticks listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, were as sold as Tenor, or Snare Drum Sticks (#7078), for $0.60 a pair</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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.055735
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55735
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drum Sticks
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cocoa-wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in x 7/8 in; 43.18 cm x 2.2225 cm