Frottoir Sticks
date: label: Date made
content: 2001
name: label: maker
content: Landry, Tee Don
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>These rubboard or vest frottoir sticks were made by Tee Don Landry in Duson, Louisiana, in 2001. They are made of bottle opener shaped metal sticks in wooden dowel handles. Accessioned with rubboards or vest frottoirs (Cat. #2001.0181.01 & .02)</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>According to the donor, the earliest frottoirs were wash boards tied around the neck. This frottoir was made in the same style and process as the donor's father, Willie Landry. Landry, a welder at a refinery is said to have made the first molded rubboard, metal chest plate that fits/hangs above and around the shoulder. His first rubboard was said to have been made for the zydeco musicians, Clifton and Cleveland Chenier in the early 1947.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Louisiana, Duson
topic: label: general subject association
content: Zydeco
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Percussion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Don Landry in memory of Willie Landry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0181.03
label: accession number
content: 2001.0181
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0181.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle openers, set of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/4 in x 1 9/16 in x 7/8 in; 19.685 cm x 3.96875 cm x 2.2225 cm