German Violin Bow
date: label: date made
content: 1875-1899
name: label: unspecified
content: Hough, Walter
notes: label: Description
content: This bow was made by an unknown maker in Germany, around 1875-1899. It is a violin bow made of an octagonal snakewood stick with an ivory face, a full nickel silver mounted ebony frog with plain pearl eyes and slide, and an ebony button with two nickel silver rings and pearl eye.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Walter Hough
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.372249
label: catalog number
content: 372249
label: accession number
content: 132469
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: snakewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (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