Fiddle

NA1704A

From: North America

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA1704A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Apache
Provenience North America
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Cylindrical, wooden fiddle made of two pieces of wood joined with string. A tuning peg at one end has remnants of an animal hair string which attaches to pins inserted into the lower end of the fiddle. The body is painted with horizontal bands of geometric designs in orange, blue, red and black. The sound hole is a slot cut the entire length of the body with a thin, wooden insert toward one end. Small, triangular openings are cut out on the side opposite the sound hole.

Length 50.5 cm
Width 21.5 cm
Outside Diameter 8.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900

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