Nyckelharpa Bow
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This bow as made by an unknown maker in Sweden, about 1800. It is a Scandinavian “fiddle” bow fashioned from one piece of plain birch. The round graduated stick is thinned, becoming flat at the tip end, the last 6 cm of the stick being bent 90o to create a convex stick. A hole in the tip accommodates a fixed knot of horsehair. The hair passes through a similar hole in the “handle” and is knotted to a cloth ribbon controlling bowhair tension. The birch stick is covered with thick transparent varnish. Accessioned with nyckelharpa (Cat. #216270).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Sweden
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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.216270a
label: catalog number
content: 216270a
label: accession number
content: 39663
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: birch (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: horsehair (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 25 in x 3 1/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 63.5 cm x 8.255 cm