Musical Bones Sets
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- Date
- 1920 – 1945
- Material
- bone; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0027 a-h
- Description
- Two sets of minstrel's bones, each set consisting of two pairs. (a-d) are actual segments of rib bones which have been rounded at the ends and polished smooth. (e-h) are hard pieces of black wood ebony? , lenticular in cross section, curved to mimic the rib bones, but cut off square at the ends.…
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- Title
- Musical Bones Sets
- Date
- 1920 – 1945
- Material
- bone; wood
- Description
- Two sets of minstrel's bones, each set consisting of two pairs. (a-d) are actual segments of rib bones which have been rounded at the ends and polished smooth. (e-h) are hard pieces of black wood ebony? , lenticular in cross section, curved to mimic the rib bones, but cut off square at the ends. (a) 14.3 x .9 x 3.9 - bone, slightly spatulate shape with rounded ends. (b) 17.2 x 1.0 x 3.0 - bone, long, and thick at one end, rounded ends. (c) 18.3 x 1.0 x 3.0 - bone, long, rounded at ends, with slight twist in bone. (d) 17.0 x .8 x 3.2 - bone, long, squared at ends.( e-h) 17.9 x .8 x 2.6 - black wood, straight sided, cut off square at ends, and curving upward. Note: (h) 6.5 cm long piece broken off one end, .2 cm deep saw cut on side opposite, and uneven, close grooves on concave surface, a saw again?
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- entertainment
- minstrel show
- Annie White
- music
- musical equipment
- sound
- song
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0027 a-h
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