RARE Folk Art Banjo: 20th-Century Fretless Tack-Head "found in Virginia"
Added 2020-07-12 16:14:17 +0000 UTCPlenty of tool marks and heavy use-wear on this outstanding example of early 20th-century Southern folk art! This handmade banjo's only known provenance is a note from the former owner asserting that it was "found in Virginia." Hard pine neck, steam-bent white oak pot, hand-carved walnut friction tuners, and original skin head with iron hoop and nails to secure it. I don't think the person who built this banjo used a single piece of sandpaper. Deep grooves in its fretless fingerboard indicate that it was well-loved and played often.
[This banjo is for sale.]
Width of neck at nut = 1-3/8"
" " at rim = 2-3/8"
Thickness of neck at nut: 3/4"
" " at rim = 1-5/16"
Length of neck, nut to rim = 18-1/4"
" " nut to thumb peg shoulder = 5-9/16"
Length of peg head = 5"
Thickness of peg head = 13/16"
With of peg head = 2-7/16"
Rim diameter ≈ 10-3/4"
Rim height = 2-9/16"
Dowel diameter = 3/4"
Comments
Yes, it has two steel strings.
Clifton Hicks
2020-07-14 19:36:50 +0000 UTCDoes it have steel strings on?
Doug Potts
2020-07-14 19:03:20 +0000 UTCThat pot is so awesome--between the oak grain, the tool marks and how out of round it is...So cool.
Jake Tolbert
2020-07-12 21:52:47 +0000 UTC
