German Violin Bow: Museum Object and Cultural History
German Violin Bow: date made: 1875-1899. unspecified: Hough, Walter. Object Name: bow.
The object in the museum catalogue
This bow was made by an unknown maker in Germany, around 1875-1899. It is a violin bow made of 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 pearl eye.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1875-1899
- unspecified: Hough, Walter
- 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)
- Measurements: overall: 29 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 74.295 cm x 3.175 cm x 1.27 cm
- place made: Germany
- ID Number: MI.372249
- catalog number: 372249
- accession number: 132469
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Walter Hough
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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