Violin Bow
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This bow was made by an unknown maker, provenance unknown, 19th century. It is a violin bow made of an octagonal and fluted snakewood stick with a snakewood frog. The button is of turned bone that has been cracked and poorly glued. The stick is pierced at the mortice for the eyelet.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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 Lex K. Larson in memory of Arthur Larson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0036.06
label: accession number
content: 1994.0036
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0036.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: snakewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bone (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: horsehair (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 7/16 in x 28 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x 1.11125 cm x 71.755 cm