Diddly Bow Dulcimer: Museum Object and Cultural History
Diddly Bow Dulcimer: date made: 1980. maker: Jones, Compton. maker: Jones, Compton.
The object in the museum catalogue
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.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1980
- maker: Jones, Compton
- maker: Jones, Compton
- Object Name: Dulcimer
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: glass (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 4 1/4 in x 56 in x 7 1/4 in; 10.795 cm x 142.24 cm x 18.415 cm
- place made: United States: Mississippi, Senatobia
- ID Number: 1980.0043.01
- catalog number: 1980.0043.01
- accession number: 1980.0043
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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