Drumstick used by Art Blakey: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A drumstick with a brown plastic tip used by Art Blakey. The stick is wood and cylindrical with one rounded end and one tapered end with a small, brown plastic tip. There are small gouges on the tapered area of the stick, and the shaft has a small crack.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1970-1990
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Used by: Art Blakey, American, 1919 - 1990
• Type: drumsticks
• Medium: wood, acetal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 16 1/4 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (41.3 × 1.4 × 1.4 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Object number: 2012.36.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Peter Bradley
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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