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A wooden fiddle carved with two spirit faces and painted with zoomorphic and abstract designs | Donald Ellis Gallery
Detail view of two carved spirit faces on a wooden fiddle | Donald Ellis Gallery
Detail view of a carved spirit face and painted design elements on a wooden fiddle | Donald Ellis Gallery
Detail view of a carved spirit face and painted design elements on a wooden fiddle | Donald Ellis Gallery

Fiddle (Qelutviaq)

Yup'ik
Southwest Alaska

late 19th/early 20th century

wood, paint, string, bone bow

length: 20"

Inventory # E4530

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A label attached to the back of the fiddle reads “Collection of Samuel Hubbard"

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