Musical bow

Museum number:
2-57628
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Accession number:
Acc.3041
Description:
Horsehair "strings", wood back with incised series of X's on top surface, red-painted letters on underside; horsehair attached with sinew.
Donor:
John A. Hiemann
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Western Apache
Collector:
John A. Hiemann
Collection date:
ca. 1959
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical bows
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Bow for stringed instrument. According to Alan Ferg of the Arizona State Museum (1987) this is a bow for an agave stalk fiddle.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 31 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Musical bow, accession number 2-57628, described as Horsehair "strings", wood back with incised series of X's on top surface, red-painted letters on underside; horsehair attached with sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Musical bow, accession number 2-57628, described as Horsehair "strings", wood back with incised series of X's on top surface, red-painted letters on underside; horsehair attached with sinew.

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