Potter Folk Fiddle
Potter Folk Fiddle
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- Description
- This folk fiddle was made by Alvin Potter of Morristown, Tennessee in 1919. The body is without ornamental purfling. The f-holes have been lined in the lower wing area. The instrument is strung with metal strings. The violin was acquired with the folk violin (catalog #66.411), both of which were collected from Morristown, Tennessee and said to be of local origin. This fiddle is made of a one-piece table of pine, one-piece back of slab-cut walnut, ribs, neck, pegbox and scroll of plain hardwood, and is unvarnished.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- fiddle
- date made
- 1919
- maker
- Potter, Alvin
- Place Made
- United States: Tennessee
- Physical Description
- pine (table material)
- walnut (back material)
- Measurements
- overall: 24 in x 8 in x 3 1/4 in; 60.96 cm x 20.32 cm x 8.255 cm
- ID Number
- MI.66.061
- accession number
- 261087
- catalog number
- 66.061
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Violins
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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