Object Number | 22344 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | White Mountain Apache |
Provenience | Arizona | Fort Apache |
Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Plant Fiber | Pigment | Hair |
Description | Cylindrical, wooden fiddle made of two pieces of wood joined with sinew. Animal hair is pinned to one end. The body is painted with horizontal bands of geometric designs in red and black. Other designs are painted randomly. The sound hole is a slot cut the entire length of the body. |
Length | 35 cm |
Width | 5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mary Yorke and Ellen McIlvaine Macauley, 1902 |
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