Nail Violin
Object type: Nail Violin
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Date: ca. 1840
Medium: wood, iron
Dimensions: Total H. 13.7 cm.
H. lower section: 5.6 cm
H. upper section: 8.1 cm
Diam. lower section: 38.3 cm
Diam. upper section: 22.3 cm
Classification: Idiophone-Friction
Geography:     Germany  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889