Title: Hardanger Fiddle
Object type: Hardanger Fiddle
Date: 1756
Culture: Norwegian
Artist:  Isak Nielsen (Skaar) Botnen 
Artist bio: Norwegian, 1669–1759
Artist nationality: Norwegian
Artist role: Maker
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
Credit line: Gift of Miss Alice Getty, 1946
Geography:   Hardanger Region  Norway Western Norway     
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY