Violin owned by Bo Diddley: Museum Object and Cultural History
Violin owned by Bo Diddley: Date: 1886. Created by: Wolff Brothers, German, 1864 - 1912. Owned by: Bo Diddley, American, 1928 - 2008.
The object in the museum catalogue
A violin owned by Bo Diddley. The violin is mainly composed of wood with a dark brown finish. The tuning pegs, neck, bridge, tailpiece, and chinrest are black. The chinrest is located on the player’s proper left side. A label on the inside of the violin’s body reads, [Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis/ Faciebat Anno 1716 / Original-Copie von Gebrüder Wolff in Kreuznach 1886].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1886
- Created by: Wolff Brothers, German, 1864 - 1912
- Owned by: Bo Diddley, American, 1928 - 2008
- Type: violins
- Type: musical instruments
- Medium: wood and metal
- Dimensions: 23 1/2 × 3 × 8 1/4 in. (59.7 × 7.6 × 21 cm)
- Place made: Germany, Europe
- Place used: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Blues (Music)
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
- Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2013.177.1.1a
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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