Set of Bones: Museum Object and Cultural History
Set of Bones: Date made: 1878 - 1882. Object Name: bones. Physical Description: cocoawood (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This set of bones (4) was made by an unknown maker and unknown provenance, from 1878 to 1882, and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. They are made of cocoawood.
John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold as Bones or Clappers (#7010), for $0.50 for a set of four.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1878 - 1882
- Object Name: bones
- Physical Description: cocoawood (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 7 in x 1 5/16 in x 3/8 in; 17.78 cm x 3.33375 cm x .9525 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York City
- Subject: Theater, Vaudeville
- ID Number: MI.055726
- accession number: 11535
- catalog number: 55726
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Howard Foote
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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