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[Man Playing Cow Bones]

Description: Color photograph of a man named John Henry "Bones" Nobles playing the cow bones as musical instruments at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. A microphone is positioned to pick up the sound of his playing. He is wearing a red kaftan shirt and a tan beret. A pair of cymbols are visible behind him.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[John Henry (Bones) Nobles and his Rib Bones]

Description: Photograph of John Henry (Bones) Nobles, from Beaumont, playing rib bones of a cow at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing an African-inspired tribal shirt, a leopard-print beret and has a long gray mustache and goatee. He is shaking the bones in his right hand.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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