Tube-fiddle and bow

Museum number:
5-2418a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21052418a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.1529
Description:
A) Tube-fiddle; wooden cylinder with skin attached by pegs; single string; length: 18¾ inches; diameter: 4 inches; B) wooden bow with string; length: 7¾ tip to tip.
Donor:
Frank R. Dodge
Collection place:
Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa; Uganda; Ganda or Soga att.
Culture or time period:
Ganda
Collector:
Dorothy C. Dodge
Collection date:
1956
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tube fiddles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1994-1995 #9b: SFO Museum (May 5, 1995–June 12, 1995)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tube-fiddle and bow, accession number 5-2418a,b, described as A) Tube-fiddle; wooden cylinder with skin attached by pegs; single string; length: 18¾ inches; diameter: 4 inches; B) wooden bow with string; length: 7¾ tip to tip.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tube-fiddle and bow, accession number 5-2418a,b, described as A) Tube-fiddle; wooden cylinder with skin attached by pegs; single string; length: 18¾ inches; diameter: 4 inches; B) wooden bow with string; length: 7¾ tip to tip.

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