Japanese Violin Bow: Museum Object and Cultural History
Japanese Violin Bow: date made: 1915-1925. Object Name: bow. Physical Description: wood (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This bow was made by Suzuki Co. in Nagoya, Japan, around 1915-1925. It is a violin bow with a round stained wooden stick with a bone face, nickel-silver mounted ebony frog with plain pearl eyes and pearl underslide, and a nickel-silver overlaid ebony button. This is a commercial student bow. The bow is stamped:
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1915-1925
- Object Name: bow
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: bone (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: Japan: Aichi, Nagoya
- ID Number: MI.394503b
- accession number: 214741
- catalog number: 394503b
- Credit Line: Gift of Merlin Smith
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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