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Inuit bowed musical instrument
19th century Agiarut from Alaska, in the McManus Galleries, Dundee, Scotland, though this example is missing its bow.

The agiarut (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐊᒋᐊᕈᑦ also known as the European fiddle) is a bowed instrument native to the Inuit culture of Canada and Alaska.

According to musicologist Beverley Cavanagh, agiarut is the name for a European fiddle, while tautirut is the name for the indigenous bowed box zither. The modern Western fiddle may be referred to as agiaq ("shaman's rubbing stone").

References

  1. Cavanagh, Beverley (2011-10-26). "Tautirut". Search Results for agiarut | Grove Music Online | Grove Music. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.l2215013. ISBN 9781561592630.
  2. Goebl, Hans; Nelde, Peter H.; Stary, Zdenek; Wölck, Wolfgang (2008-07-14). "7.3 Lexicon". Contact Linguistics. Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science. Vol. 12. Walter de Gruyter. p. 1052. ISBN 978-3-11-020324-0.
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