Banjo ca. 1870-1910 American This five-string banjo is a homemade copy of an inexpensive, commercially-made banjo. All components are undecorated and functionally simple. The neck is fretless, the peghead and tailpiece are simple rectangular forms, the tuners are violin-type friction pegs, the rim has an open back with no resonator, and the head-tightening system utilizes a minimal number of only six hooks, nuts and brackets. As playing the banjo became more popular and mass-produced banjos became available in the 1870s, such homemade instruments became common and continued to be made through the first half of the twentieth century. (Peter Szego, 2020). Banjo 505348