Banjo head: Museum Object and Cultural History
Banjo head: Date: late 19th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Charles P. Stinson, American, 1854 - 1911.
The object in the museum catalogue
Banjo head. The calfskin head is heald taught by a circular metal tension hoop. The skin is slightly brown and color and has several stains on the front and back. The tension hoop is rusted in several places.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: late 19th century
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Charles P. Stinson, American, 1854 - 1911
- Type: banjos
- Medium: metal, calfskin
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 11 1/8 × 11 1/8 × 7/8 in. (28.2 × 28.2 × 2.2 cm)
- Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place used: Pittsburgh, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Education
- Topic: Folk (Music)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Minstrel (Music)
- Topic: Popular music
- Topic: Vaudeville
- Object number: 2018.83.3
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Clark and Sarah Case Family
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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