Musical Instrument Similar To Violin
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Nov 1947
name: label: Collector
content: Brig. Gen. James D. Glennan
label: Donor Name
content: Frances Glennan
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Instrument made of two pieces of wood hollowed out and glued together to form a cylinder 1 5/8" long and 2 5/8" diam; single metal wire string; incised and painted in geometric designs over surface. Bow 16" long; string missing. Entered as No. 136 in Glenna's catalog: 'Apache violin, made by Dominick, given me by Lieut. (Allyn K.) Capron 7th Cav. This style is an old Apache instrument and the probable origin of the sign language name for the Apaches.'" The name Dominick is written on the fiddle.
label: Notes
content: Dominick could possibly be Joseph Dominick, Chiricahua Apache, Apache name Dahahtsozhn. Dominick served in Company "L" , of the 7th Cavalry, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He died on May 17, 1898. He is buried in the Beef Creek Apache Cemetery, in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma. https://apacheria.es/chiricahuas-2/
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Apr 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Apache
label: Culture
content: Apache, Chiricahua (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 177672
label: USNM Number
content: E385919-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fiddle