Violin Bow (3/4 size): Museum Object and Cultural History
Violin Bow (3/4 size): date made: 1875-1899. date made: 1885-1899. 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 (¾ size) with a round brazilwood stick with a nickel-silver face, with an unlined ebony frog with a pearl slide and eyes and nickel-silver ferrule, and a crude bone button with a black pastiche eye. This commercial bow was accessioned with a patented bowed Solophone (Cat. #219990).
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1875-1899
- date made: 1885-1899
- Object Name: bow
- Physical Description: brazilwood (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: 25 1/2 in x 1 1/8 in x 1/2 in; 64.77 cm x 2.8575 cm x 1.27 cm
- place made: Germany
- ID Number: MI.219990a
- catalog number: 219990a
- accession number: 41243
- Credit Line: Gift of William Tonk and Bro.
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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