German Violoncello Bow
date: label: date made
content: 1890 - 1900
notes: label: Description
content: This bow was made by an unknown maker in Germany, around 1880-1900. It is a violoncello bow, with a round brazilwood stick with a celluloid face, a nickel silver mounted ebony frog with underslide, and an ebony button with two nickel silver rings (one extant) and a pearl eye. This commercial bow was accessioned with a French violoncello (Cat. #216502).
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.216502a
label: accession number
content: 39609
label: catalog number
content: 216502a
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brazilwood (stick material)
label: Physical Description
content: celluloid (face material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (rings; mount material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (frog; button material)
label: Physical Description
content: pearl (eye material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 7/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 9/16 in; 68.2625 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.42875 cm