Banjo

Medium

Wood, various materials.

Dimensions

L.: +/- 82 cm (32-5/16 in.); Diam. of head: 25.5 cm (10-1/16 in.); String L.: longest +/- 62 cm (24-7/16 in.); shortest +/- 38 cm (14-15/16 in.)

Classification

Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted

Culture

American

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Accession Number

89.4.551