Tenor banjo
1926
Object PlaceGroton, Connecticut, United States
Medium/TechniqueEbony, gold-plated brass, plastic, rhinestones, mother-of-pearl, calfskin
DimensionsOverall: 10.2 x 87 x 33 cm (4 x 34 1/4 x 13 in.)
Credit LineArthur Tracy Cabot Fund and Helen B. Sweeney Fund
Accession number2012.466
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Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
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Provenance1926, custom built for Jack Rose, Seattle, WA, an endorser for Bacon & Day; about 1981, by descent to his wife, Eleanor Rose, Seattle, WA; 1981, sold by Eleanor Rose to Andrew Wachter, Baltimore, MD; 2012, sold by Wachter to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 26, 2012)
Kay Musical Instrument Company (Kay-Kraft Brand)
about 1933
