Spike fiddle

Description

Spike fiddle or mesenqo, with wooden box covered with skin, wooden neck and single string: Africa, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Gondar, 19th century

Museum reference

A.1980.381

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Spike fiddle

Production information

Unknown
Gondar, Amhara, Ethiopia, Eastern Africa

Date

19th century

Materials

Wood, Hide, Fibre

Physical description

Wood and skin

Exhibitions

• Performance and Lives (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Man and Music (16 Aug 1983 - 15 Jan 1984)
  Royal Scottish Museum

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 3 »
world cultures, performance and lives »
rw.4a