Violin Bow
82-10-1B
From: Mexico (Central America) | Divisidero | Copper Canyon
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 82-10-1B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tarahumara |
| Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Divisidero | Copper Canyon |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Date Made | 1976 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Horsehair |
| Description | Bow composed of wood shaft and horse hair bow strings. Small wood string stop is briaded into horsehair at handle end. Tarahumara Indians of Northern Mexico carve violins of a variety of woods including pine, ash, and willow. Parts are glued with gum extracted from the root of a lily plant. While bows are strung with horsehair, violin strings can be made of horeshair, gut, wire, or plastic. Violins are played for matachine dances. |
| Length | 49 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Radoff, 1982 |
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