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English: The oldest known banjo, c. 1770-1777, from the Surinamese Creole culture. Owned by a slave and collected by J. G. Stedman in the 1770s. Calabash gourd, sheepskin soundboard, wooden neck.
Date circa 2020
date QS:P,+2020-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11840/609575
Author museum supplied photograph; photographer not named

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The oldest known banjo, c. 1770-1777, from the Surinamese Creole culture

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