American & Southern | December 5, 2024
Thu, Dec 5, 2024 10:00AM EST
Lot 1152
Two North Carolina Folk Banjos
Estimate: $600 - $900
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| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
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American, comprising: late 19th century, fretless banjo, maker unknown, Union County, North Carolina, hide head, 34-3/4 x 10-7/8 x 2-7/8 in.; Leonard Glenn, Sugar Grove, Watauga County, North Carolina, dated 1974, fretless banjo, black walnut, hide head, inscription on interior reads "Leonard Glenn/Sugar Grove, N.C./April 18, 1974", 35-1/4 x 9-1/2 x 1-7/8 in.
Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
Note: Leonard Glenn banjo pictured in Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South by John A. Burrison, Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 74.
Exhibited: Previously on Loan at the Atlanta History Center for viewing in the exhibition Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024
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From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
some surface scratches and abrasions; 19th century example lacking strings and tuners, notable wear and loss to wood commensurate with age, surface dirt and accretion, hide head with several punctures and large tear to lower right, large chip to underside of head; Glenn example in overall good condition
