Fiddle
51-46-137A
From: Arizona (uncertain) | New Mexico (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 51-46-137A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Apache |
| Provenience | Arizona (uncertain) | New Mexico (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Date Made | ca. 1900 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment | Hair |
| Technique | Painted |
| Description | Cylindrical, wooden fiddle. A tuning peg is inserted at one end. Animal hair is attached to the body of the fiddle as well as to pins inserted into the lower end. The body is painted with horizontal bands of geometric designs in white, blue, red and green. Small, triangular openings are cut out on the front. |
| Length | 49.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 9.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1951 |
| Other Number | '04-609 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number | L-238-137 - Old Loan Number | C-504 - Seder Number |
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