Fiddle

A270

From: India | Merangkung

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number A270
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ao
Provenience India | Merangkung
Section Asian
Materials Bamboo | Lizard Skin
Description

L-string fiddle. Bamboo stick pierces tubular bamboo body which has lizard skin soundboard. Single string of twisted fibers or hair, tied to spike at end of body and attached to neck by wrapping it around notch at top. Poor condition. Wood body worm-eaten at back. Lizard skin broken. String detached. Bridge originally a bent twig - missing.

Length 62 cm
Width 15 cm
Credit Line Gift of William Henry Furness 3rd, Hiram M. Hiller, and Alfred Craven Harrison Jr., 1900
Other Number C152 - Seder Number

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