Bango belonging to Dr Leonard Hussey
Wood, skin and metal zither banjo, inlaid with mother of pearl which belonged to Dr L.D.A. Hussey, the meteorologist on 'Endurance'. The banjo was rescued from the ship before she sank, crushed by the ice of the Weddell Sea. Hussey played it during morale-raising concert parties organised by the survivors while they awaited rescue on Elephant Island. The banjo has been signed by expedition members and others as follows 'E.H. Shackleton, Frank Wild, Ruby Page le Brawn, Frank A. Worsley, L. Rickenson, George E. Marston, L.D.A. Hussey, A.H. Macklin, Frank Hurley, A.J. Kerr, F.W. Edwards, J.M. Wordie, T.O. Lees, C. Green, A. Cheetham, R.W. James, L. Greenstreet, Robert S. Clark, Harry McNeish'. The banjo comes complete with a leather carrying case.
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Object Details
ID: | AAB0225 |
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Collection: | Miscellaneous Antiquities |
Type: | Banjo |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Windsor, A. O. |
Events: | Antarctic Exploration: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916 |
Date made: | before 1913 |
People: | Hussey, Leonard Duncan Albert |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 110 x 950 x 335 mm |
Parts: | Bango belonging to Dr Leonard Hussey |
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