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Banjo

Banjo belonged to Emory F. Church. Head is split, strings and tuning pegs missing.

Tags: Communication, History, Music, Wood

Hardwood sound box; reddish brown varnish; gold trim; paper label identify strings. Two layers of strings: one passes along box and tightened/tuned from base; other set passes along side and is tuned from top.

Paper labels at top and along sides…

Tags: Arkansas, Brown, Communication, Fort Smith, History, Music, North America, Tools and Equipment, United States

Blanket, Band Award

Maroon wool (?) blanket. Rectangular with rounded corners. Edge of blanket is enclosed with an ivory band of cloth, front and back. "A" insignia is centered on blanket with a monogram located 29 cm underneath. Insignia is ivory outlined in maroon…

Tags: 20th Century, Arkansas, Fayetteville, Furnishings, History, Music, North America, Razorbacks, Red, Sports, Textiles, United States, University of Arkansas, Washington County

Flute

Globular flute.

The flute is made from a seed pod of an oncoba fruit. The pod is circular in a transverse cross section. It is hollow with a hole in both ends and three holes along its transverse center line. The surface is fairly smooth and it…

Tags: Africa, Brown, Communication, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethnology, Instruments, Music, Plants, Tools and Equipment

Flute, Cane

The Breckenridge river cane flute was found in a bluff shelter in 1932. It is a prototype of the modern Native American Flute and is the oldest known example of this type of flute. It is pierced by five holes and decorated by zigzag lines cut…

Tags: 11th Century, 12th Century, Archeology, Arkansas, Brown, Communication, History, Music, North America, Osage, Plants, Tools and Equipment, United States

Hat, Shako

Hat worn by Richard Alan Young, a cymbal player for the University of Arkansas Band during the 1960s.

Rounded, high-crowned box hat worn by drum major. Exterior completely covered with yellowish-white fuzzy material that gives the appearance…

Tags: 20th Century, Arkansas, Clothing, Fayetteville, Hair, Headwear, Imagery, Metal, Music, North America, Personal Objects, Plastic, Red, School, United States, University of Arkansas, Washington County, White

Hat, Uniform

Director's Nautical Hat.

Size 7 1/8 - De Moulin Bros. & Co. Greenville, Ill. Black wool twill nautical. Flat crown; band covered with three-four strips of black braid. Band has silver felt across front. Inner band black plastic.

Large…

Tags: 20th Century, Arkansas, Black, Blue, Clothing, Fayetteville, Headwear, Illinois, Imagery, Music, North America, Personal Objects, Plants, Plastic, Red, School, Silver, United States, University of Arkansas, Washington County, White

Hat, Uniform

Bandman's hat.

White synthetic fur busby.

Front: red wool twill triangle inset with large white "A" outlined in black stitching. White plastic visor, on underside imprinted with "Starburst, Ind. Made in U.S.A."

Back: white plastic…

Tags: 20th Century, Arkansas, Clothing, Fayetteville, Headwear, Imagery, Indiana, Music, North America, Personal Objects, Red, School, United States, University of Arkansas, Washington County, White

Instrument, Gusle

Gusle: single-string knee violin. It is wooden with detailed carvings. The sound box is covered with a skin (usually goat). The neck has two horse head carvings facing each other and there is a carving of a circular pattern on the reverse of the…

Tags: Animals, Brown, Communication, Ethnology, Europe, Imagery, Instruments, Mammals, Music, Serbia, Tools and Equipment, Wood

Instrument, Morin khuur

Mongolian stringed instrument: Morin khuur.

Tags: Accessories, Asia, China, Ethnology, Instruments, Music, Tools and Equipment, Wood

Browse Items (47 total)

Banjo

Banjo-Lin

Blanket, Band Award

Flute

Flute, Cane

Hat, Shako

Hat, Uniform

Hat, Uniform

Instrument, Gusle

Instrument, Morin khuur

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