Title

Drumstick used by Art Blakey, 1970-1990. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

A drumstick with a brown plastic tip used by African-American jazz drummer and bandleader Arthur Blakey (1919-1990). The stick is wood and cylindrical with one rounded end and one tapered end with a small, brown plastic tip. There are small gouges on the tapered area of the stick, and the shaft has a small crack.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A72_360

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

33,6Mb (826,9Kb) / 14,3in x 9,1in / 4296 x 2732 (300dpi)

Keywords

wood people black music arts country drum museum color wooden location century musical instrument musical instruments drumming drumstick drumsticks African American African-American afro-american United States of America Eighties Colour 1980s 20th century heritage American America USA decade object united states Unknown cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art Art Blakey Blakey Art Abdullah Ibn Buhaina National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Heritage Art drumsticks