Maker Taylor Guitars Date of Creation 2002 Location El Cajon, California Materials Tulip poplar, Sitka spruce, mahogany, ebony, bone, abalone, mother-of-pearl, synthetic ivory Institution National Music Museum Credit Line Lynn & Steve Dillon Collection, 2021...
Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools
Gourd Fiddle
Maker James Russell Cluxton Date of Creation c. 1860 Location Sardinia, Ohio Materials Gourd, wood, bone, mother-of-pearl Institution National Music Museum Credit Line Gift of Barbara A. Baskin, 2023 Accession Number NMM 15734 Photo Credit National Music Museum/Byron...
Tomahawk, Hammer Poll
Maker Yet-to-be-known blacksmith Date of Creation c. 1770 Location Eastern Pennsylvania Materials Maple, iron, silver Institution DAR Museum Credit Line N/A Accession Number 2024.31 Photo Credit Photo by Carrie Blough, DAR Museum Curator Registrar This rare, engraved...
Cookie Mold
Maker John Vogler Date of Creation c. 1820 Location Salem, North Carolina Materials Maple Institution Old Salem Museums & Gardens/ MESDA Credit Line Gift of Anna Rights Accession Number 936.1 Photo Credit Old Salem Museums & Gardens Although the early material...
Nkisi
Maker Unknown Date of Creation 18th Century Location Newport, Rhode Island Materials Three fabric fragments; 3 fragments of Chinese import ceramics; 3 beads; 3 wooden buttons; 1 worked cowrie shell; 29 iron pins; 15 glass shards Institution Newport Historical Society...
Pocket Flask
Maker Unknown Date of Creation c. 1850 Location New Mexico Materials Leather and sinew Institution New Mexico History Museum Credit Line N/A Accession Number NMHM/DCA 02175.45 Photo Credit New Mexico History Museum This small circular leather flask is stitched with...
Burden Basket and Water Bottle
Maker Apache Date of Creation c. 1880 Location New Mexico Materials Yucca fibers, leather, pine tar, natural dyes Institution New Mexico History Museum Credit Line N/A Accession Number NMHM/DCA 1990.414.007, 1990.414.008 Photo Credit New Mexico History Museum This...
Arizona
Maker Unknown Date of Creation 1924 Location Los Angeles, California, with petrified wood from Chalcedony Forest in Holbrook, Arizona Materials Petrified wood, resin fills, golf leaf Institution Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter of Arizona Credit Line N/A...
Nevada
Maker J. Barrett Date of Creation 1881–85 Location Nevada Materials Granite, gold leaf (on red ground), silver Institution State of Nevada Credit Line N/A Accession Number N/A Photo Credit National Park Service Nevada’s contribution to the Washington Monument is...