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Gourd Banjo

Date2005
Maker
MediumCypress neck with gut strings, gourd body with goat-skin head.
DimensionsOH: 35"; OW: 9 1/2"; OD: 9 1/2"
Credit LineColonial Williamsburg Foundation
Object number2006.3000.4 (R)
DescriptionThis banjo is based closely upon the instrument in our painting "Music and Dancing in Beaufort County" (Acc. No. 1935.301.3)ProvenanceMade by Peter Ross of Baltimore in 2005
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