Hardanger Fiddle
Object type: Hardanger Fiddle
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Norwegian
Artist: Trond Isaksen Flatebø|Isak Nielsen (Skaar) Botnen
Artist bio: Norwegian, 1713–1772|Norwegian, 1669–1759
Artist role: Maker|Maker
Artist nationality: Norwegian|Norwegian
Date: 1756
Medium: Pine, birch, and other woods, bone, lignum vitae and mother-of-pearl inlay.
Dimensions: 22 3/8 × 7 3/8 × 3 1/2 in. (56.8 × 18.7 × 8.9 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Geography:    Hardanger Region Norway Western Norway 
Credit line: Gift of Miss Alice Getty, 1946
Accession year: 1946