Violin Bow (3/4 size)
date: label: date made
content: 1875-1899
label: date made
content: 1885-1899
notes: label: Description
content: This bow was made by an unknown maker in Germany, around 1875-1899. It is a violin bow (¾ size) with a round brazilwood stick with a nickel-silver face, with an unlined ebony frog with a pearl slide and eyes and nickel-silver ferrule, and a crude bone button with a black pastiche eye. This commercial bow was accessioned with a patented bowed Solophone (Cat. #219990).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William Tonk and Bro.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.219990a
label: catalog number
content: 219990a
label: accession number
content: 41243
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brazilwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pearl (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: horsehair (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 1/2 in x 1 1/8 in x 1/2 in; 64.77 cm x 2.8575 cm x 1.27 cm