Double Bass Bow
date: label: Date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description
content: This commercial bow was acquired from the New York musical instrument dealer, J. Howard Foote, when he was invited to create an exhibit at the Smithsonian in the 1880s. It is listed in his 1880 musical instrument catalog as item #6228.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.072848
label: catalog number
content: 72848
label: accession number
content: 12809
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: beechwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (frog material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 3/8 in x 3 1/4 in x 7/8 in; 69.5325 cm x 8.255 cm x 2.2225 cm