Fiddle

NA1703A

From: North America

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA1703A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Apache
Provenience North America
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Pigment | Hair
Description

Cylindrical, wooden fiddle made of two pieces of wood joined with string. A tuning peg at one end has remnants of a string attached. The body is painted yellow with longitudinal bands of green and incised diamonds and zigzags painted green. Each end of the fiddle is also painted green. The sound hole is a slot cut the entire length of the body with two triangles cut out at each end and a small zigzag cut out in the center.

Length 34.5 cm
Width 13.3 cm
Outside Diameter 5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900

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