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Technical description: Octagonal pernambuco stick, silver and brown leather wrapping, French tip with trapezoidal mortise, ivory headplate, ebony liner, dark tortoiseshell frog with prismatic guide, gold underside, gold ferrule, mother-of-pearl slide and eye, gold heelplate, octagonal ebony button with two cracked gold rings and mother-of-pearl eye. ( L. Libin, 1982 and R. Hopfner, 1997)
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Title: Violin Bow
Date: 19th century
Geography: France?
Culture: probably French
Medium: Pernambuco, leather, ivory, ebony, silver, gold, mother-of-pearl, horsehair
Dimensions:
Length of Stick: 73.1
Legnth of Hair: 65.5cm
Wgt. 60.2 grams
Classification: Chordophone-Accessories-bow
Credit Line: Gift of Robert L. Crowell, 1982
Object Number: 1982.388.3
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