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Banjoist

Object Details

Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Artist
Shields Landon ("S.L.") Jones, born Indian Mills, WV 1901-died Hinton, WV 1997
Date
1976
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Medium
man: carved and painted wood banjo: carved and painted wood
Dimensions
overall: 25 1/2 x 11 x 8 7/8 in. (64.8 x 27.9 x 22.5 cm.) man: 25 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (64.8 x 21.6 x 22.5 cm.) banjo: 9 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 7/8 in. (24.8 x 9.1 x 2.3 cm)
Type
Sculpture
Folk Art

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