Object Number | 18614A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | White Mountain Apache |
Provenience | Arizona | Fort Apache |
Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Pigment | Hair |
Description | Cylindrical, wooden fiddle made of two pieces of wood joined with string. Painted all over with diamonds, zigzags, crosses, and other geometric designs in black, white, blue, and red. Animal hair is pinned to the top of the fiddle and interwoven through multiple holes in the fiddle body. |
Length | 35 cm |
Width | 7 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of C. Towers Jr., 1895 |
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