Huron Mountain Banjo: Museum Object and Cultural History
Huron Mountain Banjo: date made: 1996. maker: Huron, John. Object Name: banjo.
The object in the museum catalogue
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.
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.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1996
- maker: Huron, John
- Object Name: banjo
- Physical Description: cherry (overall material)
- Physical Description: rosewood (overall material)
- Physical Description: animal skin (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 37 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in x 2 in; 95.25 cm x 24.765 cm x 5.08 cm
- place made: United States: Tennessee, Bristol
- ID Number: 1997.3031.01
- catalog number: 1997.3031.01
- nonaccession number: 1997.3031
- Credit Line: Gift of William D. Crisp
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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