Banjo

Museum number:
9-34a-c
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
9-34a,b
Accession number:
Acc.116
Description:
Banjo; A) sound box: oval wood with reptile heads (heads cracked); 2 metal hoops; width ca.16.5 cm; B) neck: wood, 3 tuning pegs; ivory tuning fret; ivory tailpiece; gut strings (broken); length 94 cm. C) key.
Donor:
Mr. Labell
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
China att. (purchased from Chinese in Alaska)
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collection date:
before 1904
Materials:
Gut (animal material), Ivory (material), Metal, Skin (collagenous material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Banjos
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
(located in warehouse)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Banjo, accession number 9-34a-c, described as Banjo; A) sound box: oval wood with reptile heads (heads cracked); 2 metal hoops; width ca.16.5 cm; B) neck: wood, 3 tuning pegs; ivory tuning fret; ivory tailpiece; gut strings (broken); length 94 cm. C) key.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Banjo, accession number 9-34a-c, described as Banjo; A) sound box: oval wood with reptile heads (heads cracked); 2 metal hoops; width ca.16.5 cm; B) neck: wood, 3 tuning pegs; ivory tuning fret; ivory tailpiece; gut strings (broken); length 94 cm. C) key.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Banjo, accession number 9-34a-c, described as Banjo; A) sound box: oval wood with reptile heads (heads cracked); 2 metal hoops; width ca.16.5 cm; B) neck: wood, 3 tuning pegs; ivory tuning fret; ivory tailpiece; gut strings (broken); length 94 cm. C) key.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Banjo, accession number 9-34a-c, described as Banjo; A) sound box: oval wood with reptile heads (heads cracked); 2 metal hoops; width ca.16.5 cm; B) neck: wood, 3 tuning pegs; ivory tuning fret; ivory tailpiece; gut strings (broken); length 94 cm. C) key.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Banjo, accession number 9-34a-c, described as Banjo; A) sound box: oval wood with reptile heads (heads cracked); 2 metal hoops; width ca.16.5 cm; B) neck: wood, 3 tuning pegs; ivory tuning fret; ivory tailpiece; gut strings (broken); length 94 cm. C) key.

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