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Technical description: Round brazilwood stick with octagonal handle, silver and black leather wrapping, French tip with trapezoidal mortise, ivory headplate, ebony liner, ebony frog with prismatic guide, silver underside (loose), silver ferrule and round, bent heelplate, mother-of-pearl slide and eyes with silver ring, octagonal silver-covered button.
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Title: Violin or Viola Bow
Date: late 19th or early 20th century
Geography: France
Culture: French
Medium: Brazilwood, other materials
Dimensions: L. of stick 73.2 cm (28-13/16 in.); L. of hair 65.2 cm (25-3/4 in.); Weight 68.9 gm
Classification: Chordophone-Accessories-bow
Credit Line: Gift of Nat and Yanna Kroyt Brandt, 1985
Object Number: 1985.406.4
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