Instrument: banjo, handmade
Dublin Core
Title
Instrument: banjo, handmade
Subject
Banjo
Handicraft
Musical instruments
Description
This banjo was built by Homer Ledford of Kentucky in the 1940's. Ledford came to the John C. Campbell Folk School in the 1940's and began constructing dulcimers and banjos as a result of his exposure to these instruments at the Folk School. This banjo is fretted, yet maintains many of the elements of earlier fretless banjos, such as the use of tacks to attach the calfskin head to the rim. The rim is constructed of twelve individual pieces of wood held together by glue and wooden dowels. Homer Ledford constructed hundreds of banjos, mandolins, guitars and dulcimers from the 1940's onward.
Creator
Ledford, Homer, 1927-2006
Source
Artifact Collection
Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Date
1940/1949
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Format
jpg;
crafts (art genres)
Type
StillImage
Identifier
13186
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/13186
Date Created
2007-02-01
Rights Holder
All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC 28902;
Spatial Coverage
Cherokee County (N.C.)
Appalachian Region, Southern
Extent
35" x 11" x 1.8"(dimension)
Is Part Of
Craft Revival
Collection
Citation
Ledford, Homer, 1927-2006, “Instrument: banjo, handmade,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/13186.