Mallets, used by Jeni LeGon: Museum Object and Cultural History
Mallets, used by Jeni LeGon: Date made: late 1950s. user: LeGon, Jeni. Object Name: Mallets (2).
The object in the museum catalogue
These mallets were made by an unknown maker, provenance unknown, late 1950s. They are carved wooden sticks, with small cylindrical heads covered in cross-woven reed soaked in glue or resin.
Accessioned with steel drum (Cat. #2002.0389.04). Used by Jeni LeGon in the traveling show with her dance troupe, "Jazz Caribe," 1959-1969.
Jeni LeGon (born Jennie Ligon, 1916– 2012), also credited as Jeni Le Gon, was an American dancer, dance instructor, and actress. She was one of the first African-American women to establish a solo career in tap dance. In 1999, the National Film Board of Canada released a documentary film about her life, Jeni Le Gon: Living in a Great Big Way, directed by Grant Greshuk and produced by Selwyn Jacob.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: late 1950s
- user: LeGon, Jeni
- Object Name: Mallets (2)
- Object Name: mallets
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in x 1 1/8 in; 25.4 cm x 2.921 cm
- Measurements: overall, minimum: 9 3/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 24.765 cm x 2.8575 cm
- Subject: Dancers
- Subject: African American
- ID Number: 2002.0389.04
- catalog number: 2002.0389.04
- accession number: 2002.0389
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Jeni LeGon
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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