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NMM 2676. Tro, Burma (Myanmar), 19th century. A hybrid spike fiddle that combines a fascinating mix of Eastern and Western elements. The hardwood body, painted black, is shaped like a Western violin; whereas the head terminates in an intricately carved Burmese dancer decorated with bits of mirrored glass, mother-of-pearl, gilt, and paint. Played vertically by a seated musician--the spike resting on the ground--using underhand bowing. The adoption and subsequent adaptation of Western instruments by various other cultures offers unique insight into the values of form and function held by different societies. Ex coll.: Eugene de Briqueville, Paris. Height: 92.5 cm (36.5"). Purchase funds gift of LeRoy G. Hoffman, Eureka, South Dakota, 1980. |
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"Rare Burmese Instrument Acquired," Shrine to Music Museum, Inc. Newsletter, Vol. 8, No. 1 (October 1980), p. 4.
Thomas E. Cross, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet, The Shrine to Music Museum Catalog of the Collections, Vol. II, André P. Larson, editor (Vermillion: The Shrine to Music Museum, 1982), p. 2.
Thomas E. Cross, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet, M.M. Thesis, University of South Dakota, May 1983, p. 54, plate XXI.
André P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 28.
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