Fiddle

Fiddle Bow

A937

From: Burma

Curatorial Section: Asian

Native Name Ta-yaw
Object Number A937
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Burma
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Glass
Technique Carved
Description

Fiddle with three strings (two attached) and an elaborately carved neck. Wood above pegs is carved into a bird standing inside a square shaped tree design and a smaller one diving down at it. Fiddle is wooden, painted black with many glassy inlaid discs. Good condition: except for strings. Bow is smooth, dark brown stitch with brown horsehair stretched between holes at each end and red cloth at each end. Condition good except that hair is loose and slightly frayed.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900
Other Number C-37 (fiddle) - Seder Number | C-12 (bow) - Seder Number

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