Diddly Bow Dulcimer
date: label: date made
content: 1980
name: label: maker
content: Jones, Compton
notes: label: Description
content: This diddly bow dulcimer was made by Compton Jones in Senatobia, Mississippi in 1980. It is made from a 2-by-6 wooden board with one string lengthwise suspended over two Levi Garrett snuff bottles as bridges. A third bottle is used as a noter.
label: Location
content: Currently on loan
place: label: place made
content: United States: Mississippi, Senatobia
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Dulcimers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0043.01
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0043.01
label: accession number
content: 1980.0043
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dulcimer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 56 in x 7 1/4 in; 10.795 cm x 142.24 cm x 18.415 cm