Images from The Graese Gallery Fiddle, Mescalero Apache, New Mexico or Arizona, 19th century Click on images below to see larger images NMM 875.  Fiddle, Mescalero Apache, New Mexico or Arizona, 19th century. In the native tongue, tsii" edo'a'tl, or "wood singing," is made from a hollowed vegetal stalk, agave, indigenous to deserts of the Southwestern United States. Carved into three articulated sections, the one-stringed fiddle is held together with sinew wrappings and metal spikes. Rhomboid sound holes and green pigmented bands adorn surface. Pigmented bands may have served as grooves for sinew wrappings. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979. Front, Side, and Back Views   Click arrow to continue Graese Gallery Tour Go to Graese Gallery Tour Index Go to Virtual Gallery Tour Index Go to Checklist of Musical Instruments of the Indigenous Peoples of North America National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD   57069 ©National Music Museum, 2007-2016 Most recent update:   March 10, 2016 The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page