Violin Bow: Museum Object and Cultural History
Violin Bow: date made: 19th century. Object Name: Bow. Physical Description: snakewood (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This bow was made by an unknown maker, provenance unknown, 19th century. It is a violin bow made of an octagonal and fluted snakewood stick with a snakewood frog. The button is of turned bone that has been cracked and poorly glued. The stick is pierced at the mortice for the eyelet.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 19th century
- Object Name: Bow
- Physical Description: snakewood (overall material)
- Physical Description: bone (overall material)
- Physical Description: horsehair (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 1 1/4 in x 7/16 in x 28 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x 1.11125 cm x 71.755 cm
- ID Number: 1994.0036.06
- accession number: 1994.0036
- catalog number: 1994.0036.06
- Credit Line: Gift of Lex K. Larson in memory of Arthur Larson
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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