German Violin Bow: Museum Object and Cultural History
German Violin Bow: date made: 1878-1882. Object Name: bow. Physical Description: snakewood (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This bow was made by an unknown maker in Germany, around 1878-1882. It is a violin bow with an octagonal snakewood stick with an ivory face, a full nickel-silver mounted ebony frog with plain pearl eyes and slide, and an ebony button with two nickel-silver rings and a pearl eye. The bow has a very thinly graduated stick. The frog and button are not original. Accessioned with Tuebner Bowed Zither (Cat. #247692).
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1878-1882
- Object Name: bow
- Physical Description: snakewood (overall material)
- Physical Description: ivory (overall material)
- Physical Description: nickel silver (overall material)
- Physical Description: ebony (overall material)
- Physical Description: pearl (overall material)
- Physical Description: horsehair (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 26 5/8 in x 1 3/16 in x 5/8 in; 67.6275 cm x 3.01625 cm x 1.5875 cm
- place made: Germany
- ID Number: MI.247692a
- catalog number: 247692a
- accession number: 47477
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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