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Banjo. Five string. Vellum soundtable, attached to rosewood outer resonator with 14 tensioning screws. Rosewood neck, blackwood fingerboard with mother of pearl inlay. Metal frets, bone nut. Fifth string attached to neck at fifth fret. Remaining four steel strings tuned by machine heads with bone buttons. On the back, at base of pegbox and neck is stamped: T. BOSTOCK/MAKER LONDON.E.C.
- Date:
circa 1890 - 1925 - Maker:
Bostock, T. - Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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London (Timezone: Europe/London) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:321.312-6
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- Materials:iron, hide, African blackwood, metal thread, bone, metal, mother of pearl, rosewood, steel
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:321.312-6
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 922 x 298 x 80 mm