Violinett
Description: Bowed zither of drop-shaped outline with flat back raised on 3 short bone legs, sharply angled top with f-holes and violin-type bridge centered between 2 pegs, 4 strings extending from hooks at tail, over raised fingerboard with 21 inlaid frets and 4 pearl dots, to machine tuner with engraved front plate curving to the right; top edges bound with white celluloid; dark reddish varnish; with unmarked violin bow (b) in fitted case (c).
Artwork Details
- Title: Violinett
- Maker: Johannes Pugh (German, 1851–1939)
- Date: ca. 1920
- Geography: Altona, Germany
- Culture: German
- Medium: Wood, metal
- Dimensions: L. ca. 71 cm (28 in.); String L. 47 cm (47 in.)
- Classification: Chordophone-Zither
- Credit Line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Cassilly Gift, 1992
- Object Number: 1992.278a–c
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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