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User:
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Physical Description:
wood (overall material)
metal (strings material)
Measurements:
overall: 38 in x 14 1/2 in x 5 in; 96.52 cm x 36.83 cm x 12.7 cm
Object Name:
guitar
Date made:
ca 1890-1895
ca 1900 - 1910
Description (Brief):
Emory Guitar (ca 1890-1895) played by Mississippi John Hurt at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival. Emory guitars appear to have only been sold in Omaha, Nebraska, at the Max Meyer & Bro. store. By the 1960s, the guitar was owned by Tom Hoskins, who loaned the guitar to Hurt for his 1963 performance at Newport. The guitar eventually ended up in the possession of South Carolina luthier, Darrell Guinn. Guinn identified the guitar by comparing cracks in the guitar's body to photographs from the 1963 festival. Wooden guitar with darker wooden neck. White inlay on neck reads "EMORY." Tuning pegs are white. Line of decorative wood inlay down back.
Location:
Currently not on view
Credit Line:
Gift of Darrell Guinn
ID Number:
2018.0191.01
Accession number:
2018.0191
Catalog number:
2018.0191.01
See more items in:
Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
Music & Musical Instruments
Guitars
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b5-239a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1897285