American Five-String Fretless Banjo
date: label: date made
content: 1800-1899
notes: label: Description
content: This banjo was made by an unknown maker in Bristol, Tennessee during the 19th century. It is a Five-String Fretless Banjo. The banjo has a commercial neck cut down and joined to a 4 bracket hoop of welded wrought iron, perhaps salvaged from an iron wagon wheel rim. Although now unplayable, the combination of a small diameter head and heavy rim would have produced a loud and clear tone.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Tennessee, Bristol
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Peck Daniel
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.66.155
label: catalog number
content: 66.155
label: accession number
content: 263346
objectType: label: Object Name
content: banjo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: animal skin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in x 2 in; 72.39 cm x 16.51 cm x 5.08 cm