Sujet

Gourd head banjo, ca. 1859. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

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.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A72_324

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

123,5Mo (2,1Mo) / 47,0cm x 65,8cm / 5552 x 7772 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black music education arts country museum color location century musical instrument musical instruments African American African-American afro-american gourd HOMEMADE banjo United States of America Colour Smithsonian Institution 19th century Educational Institution nineteenth century heritage American America USA scientific institution object united states Unknown cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC gourd with wood and metal banjos