Is that a violin?

At first glance it looks like a violin. Now take a closer look. Where a simple black fingerboard usually lays is a glittering, pearl-incrusted piece of art...This instrument is clearly not a violin, but a piece of art: a Hardanger fiddle. It is what the eight lucky members of St. Olaf’s Hardanger fiddle group, the Lars Skjervheim Spelemannslag, have the privilege of playing.