Fiddle & Bow
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Jun 1911
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. Allyn K. Capron
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Lillian Capron
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Allyn K. Capron
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Made by Geronimo."
label: Notes
content: Illus. p. 42 in Cantley, Janet. 2012. Beyond Geronimo: the Apache experience : exhibition catalogue. Phoenix, Ariz: Heard Museum. Identified there as Fiddle and bow, c. 1900, agave stalk, paint, horsehair; bow 2 x 15.5; fiddle 6 x 14. "Several museum collections have fiddles attributed to Geronimo. It was common for Geronimo to sell various objects, even if he hadn't made them, to bring a higher price. It is doubtful he actually made the musical instruments. Fiddle-making was typically a Western Apache tradition. The fiddles were played mostly in a social context, not for religious or ceremonial use. The painting on the fiddle is very distinct. The four-pointed star is frequently used by Apaches, but the floral design is unique. This object was collected by Capt. Allyn K. Capron, Jr., who had been in charge of the Chiricahua Apache prisoners in Florida, Alabama and Fort Sill, Indian Territory [Oklahoma]."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Apr 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Fort Sill (not certain), Comanche County (not certain), Oklahoma (not certain), United States (not certain), North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Apache, Chiricahua
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 052933
label: USNM Number
content: E270085-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fiddle / Fiddle Bow