African Banjo Echoes In Appalachia by Cecelia Conway

Location Currently not on view 1875-1899 ID Number MI.65.0716 catalog number 65.0716 accession number 258893 Object Name banjo Physical Description wood (overall material) animal skin (overall material) Measurements overall: 35 1/2 in x 10 in x 2 1/4 in 90.17 cm x 25.4 cm x 5. In her book African Banjo Echoes in Appalachia, Cecelia Conway points out similarities between the body form and small head of such instruments with those of 19th African American gourd banjos. It is a finely crafted example of the traditional thick rim style banjo, a style which was never adopted by urban manufacturers but which continues to be made and used in the southern mountains. This banjo was acquired from noted traditional musician Frank Proffitt, who said that he had bought it from a local second hand store with the understanding that it had originally come from the family of a local wagoner. Seller Rating: Contact seller Book Used - SoftcoverCondition: Good US 30.

The instrument’s body is made from oak, and the body’s rim is ornamented with 12 furniture tacks. As Cecelia Conway documents in African Banjo Echoes in Appalachia: A Study of Folk Tradition, when musicians from these ethnic groups met in the Upland South, the elements of old-time. African Banjo Echoes In Appalachia: Study Folk Traditions (Publications of the American Folklore Society) Conway, Cecelia Published byUniv Tennessee Press, 1995 ISBN 10: 0870498932ISBN 13: 9780870498930 Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, U.S.A. This banjo was made by an unknown maker in the United States around 1875-1899. /rebates/2fbook-search2ftitle2fafrican-banjo-echoes-appalachia2f&. African Banjo Echoes in Appalachia, by Cecelia Conway Black String Band Resource page compiled by Jake Blount Historical Narratives of the Akonting and Banjo. By Cecelia Conway (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1995) 25.00, paper. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art African Banjo Echoes in Appalachia: A Study of Folk Traditions.

African Banjo Echoes In Appalachia by Cecelia Conway