Fiddle

Museum number:
2-18291
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
59 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Musical instrument, stringed. Wood tube. Made of agave flower stalk.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Bylas, San Carlos Reservation, Gila County
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; San Carlos Reservation; Bylas
Culture or time period:
San Carlos Apache
Maker or artist:
Amos Gustina Naltwud [Apache]
Collector:
Capital Life Insurance Company list
Collection date:
1900-1944
Taxon:
Agave deserti
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fiddles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
San Carlos Apache" fiddle, evidently made by Amos Gustina Naltwud, who made a great number of fiddles for sale to whites.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
A number of his [Amos Gustina Naltwud] fiddles are illustrated in an article by Alan Ferg in the Summer 1981 issue of American Indian Art, pp. 28-35.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fiddle, accession number 2-18291, described as Musical instrument, stringed. Wood tube. Made of agave flower stalk.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fiddle, accession number 2-18291, described as Musical instrument, stringed. Wood tube. Made of agave flower stalk.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fiddle, accession number 2-18291, described as Musical instrument, stringed. Wood tube. Made of agave flower stalk.

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