Sambo's Banjo / Creation date: 1971-1972

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Work Title: Sambo's Banjo
Creator/Culture: artist: Betye Saar (American, born 1926)
Site/Repository: Repository: Museum of African American Art (Los Angeles, California, USA)
Period/Date: Creation date: 1971-1972
Media/Technique: mixed media assemblage
Dimensions: Banjo case: 104.14 x 36.83 x 45.72 cm (41 x 14.5 x 18 inches); Watermelon slice: 16.51 x 32.39 x 6.99 cm (6.5 x 12.75 x 2.75 inches)
Subjects: Banjos; African American artists; Watermelons
Work Record ID: 245988
Image Record ID: 986173
Digital filename: 05d116633
Classification Filing Number: INT; S112; 1971-SB 1a; *.r-digitalonly
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 05:03:58

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 1696 x 2368
File Size: 534 KB
Record: 986173
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-986173/05d116633

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 986173. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-986173/05d116633. April 24, 2024.