Banjo
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
circa 1870
Materials
Wood, Skin, Metal, Bone
Measurements
882 mm (Length); 306 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
England
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335423
Summary
Banjo, Anonymous, English, c.1870(?). Inlaid panels around edge and along the neck. Brass band with eight brass tensioners. Thumb string tensioner part way along neck.. ‘760' pencilled on sounding skin.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.