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Violoncello or "Yankee Church Bass"

William Green American
1807
Not on view
Description: One-piece maple back, maple ribs and neck, popular (?) top, back and top with inked purfling, thick orange-brown varnish, a softwood wing added at lower left front, neck secured from the back by a heavy screw, ebony fingerboard raised by two wedges, neck heel extends as a foot along the back.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Violoncello or "Yankee Church Bass"
  • Maker: William Green (American, Medway, Massachusetts, active 1798–d. 1825 Medway Massachusetts)
  • Date: 1807
  • Geography: Medway, Massachusetts, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Wood
  • Dimensions: Body length: 74 cm
    Total length: 120 cm
  • Classification: Chordophone-Bowed
  • Credit Line: Gift of Genevieve Vaughn and Laurence Libin, in memory of Mary Ruth McClane, 1982
  • Object Number: 1982.101
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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