Violin and bow
Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Western Apache (attributed)
- Artist/Maker
- attributed to Amos Gustina (Naltwud/Nalsud), Western Apache, 1858-1945
- Previous owner
- Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD, Providence, Rhode Island); acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Museum of Art in 1945.
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- Date created
- circa 1910
- Catalog Number
- 20/7147
- Barcode
- 207147.000
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
- Native Term
- nadah benagolze
- Object Name
- Violin and bow
- Media/Materials
- Agave stalk, metal wire, paint, horsehair, sinew
- Techniques
- Cut, carved, painted, wrapped
- Dimensions
- violin: 62.2 x 13.7; bow: 60 x 7.5 cm
- Place
- Arizona; USA
- See related items
- Western Apache
- Music and Sound
- On View
- NMAI, Washington DC: Outside Rasmuson Theater, Music and Dance
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_221381
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ab52a969-fc16-41e8-a465-dbc984c5c263
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