Upright acoustic double bass owned by Stanley Clarke: Museum Object and Cultural History
Upright acoustic double bass owned by Stanley Clarke: Date: late 20th century. Owned by: Stanley Clarke, American, born 1951. Manufactured by: Unidentified.
The object in the museum catalogue
Upright bass with four (4) strings. Scroll at top with black pegs, tuners, and tuning keys. Saddle at bottom made of black wood. Steel strings at bottom are strung with green fibers. Bass stands upright on an endpin.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: late 20th century
- Owned by: Stanley Clarke, American, born 1951
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Type: double basses
- Type: musical instruments
- Medium: wood, metal and steel
- Dimensions: 75 x 25 5/8 x 15 in. (190.5 x 65.1 x 38.1 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Object number: 2013.160.1
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Stanley Clarke
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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