Banjoist

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Object Details

Artist

Shields Landon ("S.L.") Jones, born Indian Mills, WV 1901-died Hinton, WV 1997

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson

Date

1976

Object number

1986.65.383A-B

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Sculpture

Folk Art

Medium

man: carved and painted wood banjo: carved and painted wood

Dimensions

overall: 25 1/2 x 11 x 8 7/8 in. (64.8 x 27.9 x 22.5 cm.) man: 25 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (64.8 x 21.6 x 22.5 cm.) banjo: 9 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 7/8 in. (24.8 x 9.1 x 2.3 cm)

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Department

Painting and Sculpture

On View

Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1st Floor, West Wing

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Figure male\full length

Performing arts\music\banjo

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk725b48989-22de-4e3a-b2fa-fdac911c7a54

Record ID

saam_1986.65.383A-B