Fiddle (sindhi sarangi) 19th century Possibly Kotah, Rajastan province, India Length 54.8 cm, width 14.6 cm, depth 9.7 cm (Length 21 9/16 in., width 5 3/4 in., depth 3 13/16 in.) Painted wood, goatskin Classification: Musical instruments Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Samuel Putnam Avery Fund, 1985 Accession number: 1985.725 Provenance/Ownership History: Purchased from Lillian Caplin of New York. Caplin purchased the instrument from an unnamed collection.
Fiddle (sarangi) and bow 19th century India Length 53.9 cm, width 15.8 cm, depth 12.7 cm (Length 21 1/14 in., width 6 1/4 in., depth 5 in.) Tun wood, goatskin Classification: Musical instruments Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Gift of the New England Conservatory of Music, 2005 Accession number: 2005.205a-b Provenance/Ownership History: Received by New England Conservatory as gift; given to MFA, April 27, 2005.
Fiddle (cikârâ) before 1890 India Length 55.5 cm, width 13.2 cm, depth 8.7 cm (Length 21 7/8 in., width 5 3/16 in., depth 3 7/16 in.) Wood, animal skin Classification: Musical instruments Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Gift of Joseph R. Coolidge in memory of his wife, Peggy Stuart Coolidge, 1981 Accession number: 1981.758 Provenance/Ownership History: Donated by Joseph R. Coolidge of New York, who inherited it from his wife, Peggy Stuart Coolidge. Mrs. Coolidge purchased the instrument (along with five others) in 1945 from Mrs. Montgomery Sears of Boston. All six instruments were found in the basement of a building on Commonwealth Avenue at the corner of Arlington Street, which was being used as an officer's club and was apparently the former home of Mrs. Sears.
Fiddle (rebab?) 19th century India Length 51 cm, width 8.2 cm, depth 6.1 cm (Length 20 1/16 in., width 3 1/4 in., depth 2 3/8 in.) Wood Classification: Musical instruments Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection, 1917 Accession number: 17.1704 Provenance/Ownership History: Ex. coll. Francis W. Galpin
Fiddle (esraj) and bow 19th century India Length 94.2 cm, width 16.2 cm, depth 12.2 cm (Length 37 1/16 in., width 6 3/8 in., depth 4 13/16 in.) Wood, animal skin Classification: Musical instruments Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection, 1917 Accession number: 17.2175a-b Provenance/Ownership History: Ex. coll. Francis W. Galpin
Fiddle (mayuri) before 1890 India Length 94.5 cm, width 15.5 cm, depth 27.8 cm (Length 37 3/16 in., width 6 1/8 in., depth 10 15/16 in.) Wood, animal skin Classification: Musical instruments Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Gift of Joseph R. Coolidge in memory of his wife, Peggy Stuart Coolidge, 1981 Accession number: 1981.759 Provenance/Ownership History: Donated by Joseph R. Coolidge of New York, who inherited it from his wife, Peggy Stuart Coolidge. Mrs. Coolidge purchased the instrument (along with five others) in 1945 from Mrs. Montgomery Sears of Boston. All six instruments were found in the basement of a building on Commonwealth Avenue at the corner of Arlington Street, which was being used as an officer's club and was apparently the former home of Mrs. Sears.
Fiddle (mayuri) about 1800 Possibly Rajastan province, India Length 95.6 cm, width 17.8 cm, depth 10.2 cm (Length 37 5/8 in., width 7 in., depth 4 in.) Painted wood, goatskin, peacock feathers Classification: Musical instruments Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Arthur Mason Knapp Fund, 1983 Accession number: 1983.411 Provenance/Ownership History: Purchased from Lillian Caplin of New York.
Fiddle and bow 19th century Sri Lanka Length 64.7 cm, width 13.4 cm, depth 12 cm (Length 25 1/2 in., width 5 1/4 in., depth 4 3/4 in.) Wood, snakeskin Classification: Musical instruments Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection, 1917 Accession number: 17.2168a-b Provenance/Ownership History: Ex. coll. Francis W. Galpin
Fiddle 19th century Sri Lanka Length 87.6 cm, width 16.5 cm, depth 12.3 cm (Length 34 1/2 in., width 6 1/2 in., depth 4 13/16 in.) Wood, snakeskin Classification: Musical instruments Hemispherical body of gourd with belly of reptile skin tacked on with band of red cloth around perimeter. Body pierced by neck of black painted wood, terminating in hook shape above pegbox. Four lateral tuning pegs of wood, painted black. Later copper strings tied to bulbous peg piercing lower end of neck spike. Later flat bridge of wood painted black. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection, 1917 Accession number: 17.2169 Provenance/Ownership History: Ex. coll. Francis W. Galpin
