Violin Bow
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This bow was made by an unknown maker, probably France, about 1800. It is a violin bow, with a dark-brown Pernambuco stick with ivory face, and a modified ivory frog accompanied by an ornamental button.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The ivory frog of this bow was originally open-faced, without a slide. A modern conversion added a full mother-of-pearl slide and a nickel silver ferrule.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ross McCollum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.76.23
label: catalog number
content: 76.23
label: accession number
content: 1977.0067
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pernambuco (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: horsehair (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 29 1/16 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 73.81875 cm x 2.8575 cm