Indian Fiddle And Bow
date: label: Accession Date
content: 31 Oct 1875
name: label: Donor Name
content: Henry Hague
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "COPY OF A VIOLIN AND BOW. A PART OF THE "SARABAND" INDIAN FESTIVAL BAND. THE BACK AND BELLY ARE OF THIN LAY WOOD OR CEDER. THEY ARE BOTH SLIGHTLY ARCHED. THE RIBS ARE OF A LIGHT COLORED WOOD, LIKE ASH. THE NECK IS THE SAME KIND OF WOOD AS THE BACK AND BELLY; ALSO THE TAIL PIECE AND TUNING PEGS. THE FINGER BOARD AND BRIDGE ARE MISSING. ORIGINALLY STRUNG WITH FOUR STRINGS, THE LOWEST ONE MISSING. THE TWO HIGHEST ARE OF TWISTED FIBERE, THE THIRD ONE IS AN EUROPEAN GUT STRING. THE LOWEST STRING APPARENTLY WAS OF HORSE HAIR. THE BOW HAS A TIP ANDAN IMMOVABLE FROG. THE TIP IS MARKED. A KNOT FORMED IN THE BOW HAIR AND HELD BY TRANSVERSE PIN OF WOOD. THE OTHER END OF THE HAIR IS FASTENED TO TWISTED CORD DRAWN OVER A NOTCH IN OUTER END OF THE FROG AND TIED TO THE HANDLE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Dec 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Guatemala, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tactic Indians
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 003407
label: USNM Number
content: E15251-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fiddle/Fiddle Bow