Gourd head banjo, ca. 1859. Creator: Unknown.
/2833293.jpg "Gourd head banjo, ca. 1859. Creator: Unknown.")
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This gourd banjo illustrates an earlier style of banjo played by African Americans who used local sources to create their instruments. When in use it would have had a piece of skin stretched across its opening and four strings running from the tuning pegs to the metal tailpiece still attached.
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- 2017.108.19
- NMAAHC-2017_108_19_001.txt
- 0990004841
- 2-833-293
- 2017.108.19
- 2833293
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