Violin or Viola Bow

early 20th century
Not on view
Technical description: Round, pernambuco stick with octagonal handle; silver and black leather wrapping; French tip with trapezoidal mortise, ivory headplate, ebony liner, ebony frog with very narrow throat, prismatic guide, silver underside, silver ferrule and two-piece heelplate, mother-of-pearl slide and eyes; octagonal ebony button with two gold bands, no eye

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Violin or Viola Bow
  • Maker: Franz Albert Nürnberger workshop
  • Date: early 20th century
  • Geography: Markneukirchen, Germany
  • Culture: German
  • Medium: Wood, other materials
  • Dimensions: L. Stick: 73 cm (28¾ in.); Hair 65.1 (25-1/2 in.); Weight: 63.6 gm
  • Classification: Chordophone-Accessories-bow
  • Credit Line: Gift of Nat and Yanna Kroyt Brandt, 1985
  • Object Number: 1985.406.2
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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