The fiddle
Serbia, 1860
wood
cutting, gouging, flexion
length of the instrument = 73 cm
POH-418/1920
The Collection of Musical instruments by Franjo Ksaver Kuhač
The fiddle neck and resonance box are made of one piece of wood and painted red. There are carved burnt dots (spots) on the neck, and on its upper part a carved stork head with a long beak is carved. Two porcelain nails were inserted instead of eyes.
