Amburgey Appalachian Dulcimer
date: label: date made
content: 1950
name: label: maker
content: Amburgey, Jethro
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This Appalachian dulcimer was made by Jethro Amburgey in Hindman, Kentucky, in 1950. It is a double-bout dulcimer, with 17 metal frets, 4 heart-shaped sound holes, 3 wooden friction pegs, caved out pegbox, and a rounded head. There is a rattlesnake rattle inside the dulcimer and a handwritten label:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>#184<br>Jethro Amburgey<br>Hindman, Ky.<br>March 23, 1950</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kentucky, Hindman
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Virginia O. Jeffreys
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0569.09
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0569.09
label: accession number
content: 1993.0569
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dulcimer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/8 in x 6 5/8 in x 32 5/8 in; 6.0325 cm x 16.8275 cm x 82.8675 cm