Violin and bow with sun designs
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Wixarika (Huichol)
- Collector
- Edward H. Davis (Edward Harvey Davis/E. H. Davis), Non-Indian, 1862-1951
- Object Name
- Violin and bow with sun designs
- Media/Materials
- Wood, metal wire, paint, cordage, horsehair, tree pitch/gum
- Techniques
- Carved, bent, glued, tied
- Dimensions
- 46 x 16 x 7.5 cm
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
- Native Term
- xaweri (violin) and tupiyari (bow)
- Place
- San Andrés; Jalisco State; Mexico
- Date created
- 1915-1923
- Collection History
- Collected in 1923 by Edward H. Davis (1862-1951, a rancher and field collector for MAI) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
- Catalog Number
- 11/9699
- Barcode
- 119699.000
- See related items
- Wixarika (Huichol)
- Music and Sound
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement