ID: 700009378 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009378	Record Type: Movable Work
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Tzii'edo' a 'tl (Apache Fiddle) (tzii'edo' a 'tl; unknown Athabaskan; 19th century; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 89.4.2631a, b)

Note: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted. The Apache name for this two-stringed bowed zither means "wood that sings." Held against the chest or stomach and bowed like European fiddles, it is used for personal enjoyment or to entertain at home with songs and dances. The hollowed agave stalk body is decorated with traditional designs, and the strings attached to the ends of the tube are of horsehair. As it is the only Native-American bowed instrument, it remains unclear as to whether it is indigenous or is a reprduction of European derivation.

Titles:

Tzii'edo' a 'tl (Apache Fiddle) (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

Kízh kízh díhí (C,U,FO,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

tzii'edo' a 'tl [300214839] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Sound Devices (hierarchy name), sound devices (equipment), <sound devices by acoustical characteristics>, chordophones, zitherlike chordophones, <zitherlike chordophones: bowed>)

Classifications:

music / musical instruments (preferred)

Native American art

decorative arts

Creation Date: 19th century

Creator Display:

unknown Athabaskan [preferred,VP]

creator unknown Apache (Apache cultural designation) [500202864]

creator unknown Athabaskan (Athabaskan cultural designation) [500202894]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Arizona [7006451] United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 89.4.2631a, b

Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Display Materials: agave flower stalk, wood, paint, horsehair

	Agave (genus) [300301749]
	.......(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), Angiospermae (division), Liliopsida (class), Asparagales (order), Agavaceae (family))

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

	paint (coating) [300015029]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	horsehair [300011819]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, keratinous material, <hair and hair components as materials>, hair (material), <hair by composition or origin>)

	stalk (plant material) [300011904]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material)

Dimensions: sii'edo'a'tl: 17 5/16 × 5 1/4 × 3 3/4 in. (44 × 13.3 × 9.5 cm); Bow: 3 1/8 × 5/8 × 21 in. (7.9 × 1.6 × 53.3 cm)

Cultures:

Apache (preferred)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	music (performing arts genre) [300054146]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for performing arts>) (AAT)

	entertaining [300137564]
	.....(Activities Facet, Functions (hierarchy name), functions (activities), <functions by specific context>, social functions) (AAT)

Provenance: Mary Elizabeth Adams Brown

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Tzii'edo' a 'tl (Apache Fiddle)	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-) accessed 18 October 2010
Kízh kízh díhí	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 24 July 2005