Fiddle

Museum number:
5-2934a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21052934a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
a) Single stringed instrument; Kuntigi; sound box made from oval sardine can, covered with rawhide b) extra string.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Jos market, Jos, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Hausa; Jos Market
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fiddles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1970-1971 #3: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (July 9, 1970–July 9, 1970) and S1995-1996 #9: Museum of International Folk Art (October 1, 1995–February 11, 2000)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fiddle, accession number 5-2934a,b, described as a) Single stringed instrument; Kuntigi; sound box made from oval sardine can, covered with rawhide b) extra string.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fiddle, accession number 5-2934a,b, described as a) Single stringed instrument; Kuntigi; sound box made from oval sardine can, covered with rawhide b) extra string.

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