Fiddle And Bow (Tzit-Idontl)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. John B. White
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A SECTION OF A YUCCA FLOWER STALK. THE STALK HAS BEEN SPLIT IN HALVES, THE PITH REMOVED FROM EACH HALF EXCEPT ABOUT 3/4 IN. AT THE ENDS. THE SECTIONS PLACED TOGETHER AND LASHED WITH SINEWS, THREE BANDS, FOUR HOLES ARE MADE THROUGH THE HOLE OF THE UPPER HALF. IT HAS ONE STRING OF SINEWS FASTENED TO PEGS DRIVEN INTO THE PITH, AT EACH END OF THE UPPER SECTION. SMALL PIECES OF ROUND WOOD ARE FORCED BETWEEN STRING AND BODY AS A NUT AND BRIDGE. THE BOW IS A SHORT HALF ROUND STICK. THE HAIR IS NEATLY SEIZED AT EACH END WITH SINEW. THE BODY IS DECORATED WITH INDIAN DESIGNS IN RED PAINT. ILLUS. IN BULL. 136, USNM. PL. 30-H, P.143. LOANED TO MHT: 6/22/66. RETURNED: 8/11/67. LOANED TO THE DIV. OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 9/30/77. LOAN RETURNED 11/14/77."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Apr 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Apache
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004869
label: USNM Number
content: E21536-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fiddle / Fiddle Bow