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Description: | Three-stringed fiddle and bow. Narrow waisted body, influenced by the European violin. The body, neck, pegbox and scroll are carved from a single piece of wood. A table and fingerboard are attached with nails. Three fibre strings are carried on three irregular shaped pegs and are attached to the base by a leather tailpiece. Curved slots for soundholes. The outcurved bow is a convex stick with black horse-hair. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | wood hide fiddles vegetable fibre | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-6357 |
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