Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2014 School for Advanced Research.
Apache fiddle (violin) and bow
Date: 2014
Artist or Maker: Anthony Belvado (b. 1956)
Dimensions:
Fiddle: 49 × 25 × 12 cm (19 5/16 × 9 13/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Bow: 64.5 × 12 × 2.8 cm (25 3/8 × 4 3/4 × 1 1/8 in.)
Medium: agave | bamboo | wood, mesquite | varnish | wood, acacia | horsehair | pitch, piñon | leather, brain-tanned | fabric, cotton
Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2015.
Object Number: SAR.2015-1-1AB
Not on view
A - Fidddle made from split and hollowed-out agave, with lightning decorations made from bamboo inlays. The tuner, peg, and bridge are made of mesquite wood. Geometric patterns and dots are burned into the surface of the fiddle. The surface of the fiddle is also varnished. The strings are made of black horsehair coated with piñon pitch.
B - Bow made from bent acacia wood. The handle portion is decorated with white brain-tanned leather with small round cutouts. Black cotton fabric beneath the leather shows through the cutouts. The leather fringe extends approximately four inches past the end of the bow. The strings are made of white horsehair coated with piñon pitch.
In Collection(s)
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