Yankee Bass Viol
Object type: Yankee 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: 1831–50
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: Body L. 75 cm (29-9/16 in.); String L. 66 cm (26 in.); Total L. without endpin 122 cm (48-1/18 in.); Upper bouts 35.6 cm (14 in.); Middle bouts 25.3 cm 9-11/16 in.); Lower bouts 44.3 cm (17-7/16 in.); D. at tail 12 cm (4-11/16 in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Geography:  Concord  New Hampshire United States  
Credit line: Purchase, Louis C. and Craig P. Baker Gift, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, Rogers Fund and The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, by exchange, 1990
Accession year: 1990