Huron Mountain Banjo
date: label: date made
content: 1996
name: label: maker
content: Huron, John
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This banjo was made by John Huron in Bristol, Tennessee, in 1996. It is a Five-String Fretless “Mountain Banjo,” serial #MB-042, with a cherry wood body, rosewood tuners and tailpiece, and a groundhog hide head.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>John Huron is a builder and player of a variety of historical instruments. He has combined music, history, and folklore in classes and demonstrations throughout the United States to preserve the heritage of Appalachian instruments and music.</p>
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 William D. Crisp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.3031.01
label: catalog number
content: 1997.3031.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 1997.3031
objectType: label: Object Name
content: banjo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cherry (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: animal skin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in x 2 in; 95.25 cm x 24.765 cm x 5.08 cm