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Banjo

1994
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Banjo
  • Maker: Billy Reed Hampton (American, Dongola, Kentucky, born 1940)
  • Date: 1994
  • Geography: New York, New York, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Wood, skin, metal
  • Dimensions: Length: ±82 cm (32 5/16 in.); rim diameter: ±27 cm (10 5/8 in.); string length: 61 cm (24 in.); 45.5 cm (17 15/16 in.)
  • Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
  • Credit Line: Gift of Billy Reed Hampton, 1994
  • Object Number: 1994.497
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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