Bass Viol
Object type: Bass Viol
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: American
Artist: Abraham Prescott
Artist bio: American, Deerfield, New Hampshire 1789–1858 Concord, New Hampshire
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: American
Date: ca. 1820
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: Total L. 200 cm (78-3/4 in.); Body L. 120.6 cm (47-7/16 in.); String L. 109.6 cm (43-3/16 in.); Upper bouts 52.7 cm (20-3/4 in.); Center bouts 28 cm (11-1/16 in.); Lower bouts 72.9 cm (28-11/16 in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Geography:  Deerfield  New Hampshire United States  
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1980
Accession year: 1980