Violin Bow
Round pernambuco stick with octagonal handle, whalebone wrapping, neck grafted, head replaced, French tip with trapezoidal mortise, silver headplate, ebony liner, ebony frog with prismatic guide, silver underslide, silver ferrule, mother-of-pearl slide and eye (with small silver ring), silver heelplate, octagonal ebony button (maybe not original) with two silver rings and mother-of-pearl eye.
Artwork Details
- Title: Violin Bow
- Maker: Bausch workshop
- Date: late 19th century
- Geography: Leipzig, Germany
- Culture: German
- Medium: Pernambuco, whalebone, silver, ebony, mother-of-pearl, horsehair
- Dimensions: Length of stick: 72.8 cm (29 in)
Length of hair: 65.0 cm (25-5/16 in.)
Weight: 58.7 gm - Classification: Chordophone-Accessories-bow
- Credit Line: Bequest of Annie Bolton Matthews Bryant, 1933
- Object Number: 34.86.2c
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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