Violin & Bow "Rabele" & "Sikirele"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Jun 1982
label: Collection Date
content: 1981
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William L. Merrill
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William L. Merrill
notes: label: Notes
content: WOODEN VIOLIN WITH PURPLE RIBBON TIED AROUND NECK AS LOOP FOR HANGING. FINGERBOARD NUT IS CARVED FROM A BLUE PLASTIC COMB. STRINGS ARE METAL, PEGS ARE WOOD. SCROLL OF HEAD IS CARVED WITH A SPIRAL. DESIGN. ROSIN FOR BOW IS STUCK UNDERNEATH PEG SECTION. WOODEN BOW WITH HORSE HAIR STRECHED BETWEEN 2 ENDS FOR PLAYING. HORSE HAIR IS INSERTED INTO WOOD ON ONE END & ATTACHED TO AN ADJUSTABLE PEG ON THE OTHER. HAIR IS WOUND AROUND A SHORT STICK NEAR PEG END TO KEEP IT FROM BECOMING TWISTED.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Rejogochi, Basihuare, Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tarahumara (Rarámuri, Ralámuli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 350956
label: USNM Number
content: E422487-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fiddle/Fiddle Bow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Violin
content: 61 cm
label: Width - Violin
content: 18 cm
label: Length - Bow
content: 60 cm
label: Width - Bow
content: 7 cm