Context (CMS Context)
Dr. Andrea Nixon was a graduate of Selwyn college who completed a doctorate in Mongolian music. The instruments were given by the family of the collector, Dr W.C. Nixon, Glenys Nixon and Douglas Nixon, after her death in May 2004.
A group of black and white photographs were given together with the three instruments (2005.259 A-F; 2005.260; 2005.261). There are 16 photographs of the instruments themselves, 3 photographs of Mongolian musical instruments and 4 photographs of people holding Mongolian instruments. One these is a colour image. The photographs await archiving for the photo archive.
(Bib) Andrea Nixon wrote the Mongolian musical instruments entries in the New Grove Dictionary, edited by Stanley Sadie
Event Date 6/5/2014
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
A- Fiddle with hexagonal shaped polished wooden soundbox, covered with reptile, (probably snake skin), and carved with an openwork flower at base. Wooden neck with 4 tuning pegs, and 2 strings of twisted horsehair/?nylon attached to bottom two pegs. Strings run over a very small wooden bridge on the hexagonal soundbox. Top of neck is carved in a leaf-like shape.
B- Wooden bow with horsehair string, attached to A, with the strings intertwined.
Event Date 6/5/2014
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
This a four string two course instrument that has been converted to a two string two course instrument. Noted by Matthew Hill, Royal College of Music MINIM project cataloguer and photographer.

Event Date 15/5/2017
Author: Remke Velden

Context (Production / use)
The bow is interconnect with the fiddle, as is customary for this type of instrument. Therefore, the decision was taken not to split this record.
Event Date 8/6/2017
Author: Remke Velden