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Banjo (Whyte Laydie model, style no. 7)
about 1904
A. C. Fairbanks Co., American, 1891–1893
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Length 95 cm, diameter 30.3 cm (Length 37 3/8 in., diameter 11 15/16 in.)
Maple, nickel silver, celluloid, ebony, mother-of-pearl
Inscriptions: Engraved into nickel silver plate on perch pole: The A. C. FAIRBANKS Co. / MAKERS / BOSTON, MASS.; stamped on perch-pole: 23490 WHYTE LAYDIE NO 7Classification: Musical instrumentsOn view in the: Musical Instruments GalleryMusic: Crinoline by F. C. Musselbrook, about 1904 (performed by Geoff Freed) Museum of Fine Arts, BostonFoster Charitable Fund, 1997
Accession number: 1997.64Provenance/Ownership History: Purchased from the Music Emporium, Inc. in Lexington, Massachusetts. They (Jim Bollman) purchased the instrument about 1997 from a street performer in New York City, who had bought it from Bollman about six years prior.This object is included in the following Selected Tour(s):
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