Smithsonian Museum

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Specimen Count

1

Description

From card: "Instrument made of two pieces of wood hollowed out and glued together to form a cylinder 1 5/8" long and 2 5/8" diam; single metal wire string; incised and painted in geometric designs over surface. Bow 16" long; string missing. Entered as No. 136 in Glenna's catalog: 'Apache violin, made by Dominick, given me by Lieut. (Allyn K.) Capron 7th Cav. This style is an old Apache instrument and the probable origin of the sign language name for the Apaches.'" The name Dominick is written on the fiddle.

Record Last Modified

6 Mar 2016

Donor Name

Frances Glennan

Jennie Glennan

Collector

Brig. Gen. James D. Glennan

Accession Date

1947-Nov-14

Object Type

Fiddle

Topic

Ethnology

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Place

Arizona, United States, North America

Accession Number

177672

USNM Number

E385919-0

Culture

Apache