"Sun and Moon" Fiddle
Dateca. 1935
Artist/Maker
Joseph Henry Hunley
OriginAmerica, Virginia
MediumWood (juniper, beech, mahogany) and metal
Dimensions24 7/8" x 12 1/4" x 3 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1993.708.2
DescriptionThis instrument has a donut-shaped body with faceted cut-outs at regular intervals along the perimeter edge of the top and bottom and a wooden disk representing the sun mounted at the center on two pieces of wire. Four circular elements mounted at the "corners" of the body each have a partial disk mounted in the center on two wires to represent phases of the moon. This has a scrolled headstock, conventional violin neck, and tailpiece.ProvenancePurchased by CW from J. Roderick Moore (Ferrum, VA) in 1993. Prior history unknown.
1925-1940
1809-1814 (movement); ca. 1825 (case)
