Object Details
- Description
- A pair of wooden drumsticks, the last to be used by Art Blakey. The drumsticks are cylindrical with one rounded end and one tapered end with a small bulbous tip. Stamped labels in black read "VIC / FIRTH" and "AMERICAN CLASSIC 5A / USA". One of the sticks is scratched and gouged heavily, with material missing from the tip.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Created by
- Vic Firth Company, American, founded 1963
- Used by
- Art Blakey, American, 1919 - 1990
- Date
- 1980s
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Peter Bradley
- Medium
- wood
- Dimensions
- 2012.36.4a: 16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in. (40.6 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm)
- 2012.36.4b: 16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in. (40.6 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm)
- Type
- drumsticks
