Showcase - Unnamed ~1870's Minstrel Banjo

The tune at the beginning is Boatman's Dance (Clifton Hicks) in open g tuning (relative fCFAC).

[@blainechappell5383]

I think the ink/paint on the fingerboard is likely original.

[@KHbanjo]

That’s a neat one

[@mrgreeley8500]

little fretless banjos are the best.

[@KHbanjo]

Neck might be mahogany?

[@NarcanMedic]

Never thought of that!