Violin Bow

late 19th or early 20th century

Not on view

Slightly oval, slightly figured pernambuco stick with octagonal handle, silver-plated copper and black leather wrapping, French tip with trapezoidal mortise, ivory headplate, ebony liner, ebony frog with prismatic guide, silver underslide, silver ferrule, mother-of -pearl slide and eye, bent silver heelplate, octagonal ebony button with two silver rings and missing eye

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Provenance

Title: Violin Bow
Date: late 19th or early 20th century
Geography: Germany
Culture: Possibly German
Medium: Pernambuco, silver, copper, leather, ivory, ebony, horsehair
Dimensions: Length of stick: 72.5 cm (28¼ in)
Length of hair: 65.3 cm (25-3/8 in)
Weight: 61.4 gm
Classification: Chordophone-Accessories-bow
Credit Line: Bequest of Annie Bolton Matthews Bryant, 1933
Object Number: 34.86.2b
Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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