Potter Folk Fiddle
date: label: date made
content: 1919
name: label: maker
content: Potter, Alvin
notes: label: Description
content: This folk fiddle was made by Alvin Potter of Morristown, Tennessee in 1919. The body is without ornamental purfling. The f-holes have been lined in the lower wing area. The instrument is strung with metal strings. The violin was acquired with the folk violin (catalog #66.411), both of which were collected from Morristown, Tennessee and said to be of local origin. This fiddle is made of a one-piece table of pine, one-piece back of slab-cut walnut, ribs, neck, pegbox and scroll of plain hardwood, and is unvarnished.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Tennessee
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Violins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.66.061
label: accession number
content: 261087
label: catalog number
content: 66.061
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fiddle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pine (table material)
label: Physical Description
content: walnut (back material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 8 in x 3 1/4 in; 60.96 cm x 20.32 cm x 8.255 cm