Violin Or Fiddle "Valiha"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Dec 1902
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William L. Abbott
notes: label: Notes
content: Object name "Violin Or Fiddle" is not exactly correct -- this instrument is played by holding it vertically and picking the strings with fingers, more like a zither than a violin.
label: Notes
content: From Card: "Three joint sections of bamboo; middle section slit at intervals and then freed cord blocked up at the ends with bits of gore. 15 strings."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Nov 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Antananarivo, Madagascar, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Malagasy
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 040243
label: USNM Number
content: E219987-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Zither