2-832-572 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

A pair of wooden drumsticks, the last to be used by African-American jazz drummer and bandleader Arthur Blakey (1919-1990). The drumsticks are cylindrical with one rounded end and one tapered end with a small bulbous tip. Stamped labels in black read "VIC / FIRTH" and "AMERICAN CLASSIC 5A / USA". One of the sticks is scratched and gouged heavily, with material missing from the tip.