Hardanger Fiddle Bow
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1850 - 1899
notes: label: Description
content: This bow was accessioned with a Hardingfele (MI.381919). A primitive stick of softwood with a rough head, the bow bears a moveable frog, tensioned by a metal wire looped through the frog and fastened to a series of metal teeth on the back of the stick, not unlike some primitive violin bows of the 17th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Norway
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mary E. Maxwell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.381919a
label: catalog number
content: 381919a
label: accession number
content: 160028
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: horse hair (ribbon material)
label: Physical Description
content: softwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (tension device material)
label: Physical Description
content: beechwood (frog material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (wire material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 24 9/16 in x 1 1/2 in; 2.2225 cm x 62.38875 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: playing hair length: 62.2 cm; 24 1/2 in