Five-string banjo (stringless)

Titles: Five-string banjo (stringless) (Supplied title)

Description: Five string banjo; no strings remain. The banjo was made by Franklin Tenney Brawley, a drummer in the Sixth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company G. Brawley made the banjo during the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War from a bed post and a drum head. The banjo is inlaid with silver coins and features a hand drawn United States shield and flag.

Dates

• 1862 (Creation)

Creation

• other type: Brack, George M.
• made by: Brawley, Franklin Tenney

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 52

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Subjects

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