Emory Guitar played by Mississippi John Hurt at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival

Object Details

Hurt, Mississippi John

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.

Credit Line

Gift of Darrell Guinn

ca 1890-1895

ca 1900 - 1910

ID Number

2018.0191.01

accession number

2018.0191

catalog number

2018.0191.01

Object Name

guitar

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

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Cultural and Community Life: Musical Instruments

Music & Musical Instruments

Exhibition

3 West New Acquisitions

Exhibition Location

National Museum of American History

National Museum of American History

Record ID

nmah_1897285

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b5-239a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa