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Violin and bow

National Museum of the American Indian

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Object Details

Culture/People
Wixarika (Huichol)
Previous seller
Coyote Moon
Previous owner
David Williams Yeaman (David W. Yeaman), Non-Indian, 1950-1997
Donor
John P. Yeaman (John Pannill Yeaman), Non-Indian, 1944-2015
Alice Banks Yeaman, Non-Indian
Collection History
Purchased by David Williams Yeaman (1950-1997) from Coyote Moon (a shop in Taos, New Mexico) in 1991; donated to NMAI in 2000 by David Williams Yeaman's siblings, Alice Banks Yeaman and John Pannill Yeaman (1944-2015).
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Date created
1990-1991
Catalog Number
25/5153
Barcode
255153.000
Object Type
Music and Sound
Object Name
Violin and bow
Media/Materials
Wood, glass bead/beads, wax, horsehair, wool yarn, cotton cloth, metal wire, thread
Techniques
Carved, bead mosaic, glued, sewn, embroidered
Dimensions
54 x 14 x 7 cm
Place
Jalisco State, Nayarit State; Mexico (inferred)
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Wixarika (Huichol)
Music and Sound
On View
NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Mesoamerica & Circum Caribbean
National Museum of the American Indian
Record ID
NMAI_271011
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a4991bfc-5068-4a1e-a759-89ee65bd00cf

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