Japanese Violin Bow
date: label: date made
content: 1915-1925
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This bow was made by Suzuki Co. in Nagoya, Japan, around 1915-1925. It is a violin bow with a round stained wooden stick with a bone face, nickel-silver mounted ebony frog with plain pearl eyes and pearl underslide, and a nickel-silver overlaid ebony button. This is a commercial student bow. The bow is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>MADE IN [flower] JAPAN</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan: Aichi, Nagoya
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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 Merlin Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.394503b
label: accession number
content: 214741
label: catalog number
content: 394503b
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bone (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: Measurements
content: overall: 29 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 74.295 cm x 3.175 cm x 1.27 cm