German Violin Bow (3/4 size)
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1902
notes: label: Description
content: This bow was made by an unknown maker in Germany, around 1898-1902. It is a ¾ size violin bow, made of a round brazilwood stick with celluloid face, full nickel-silver mounted ebony frog with plain pearl eyes and underslide, 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. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.65.0750a
label: catalog number
content: 65.0750a
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brazilwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: celluloid (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: Physical Description
content: horsehair (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 1/4 in x 1 3/16 in x 9/16 in; 69.215 cm x 3.01625 cm x 1.42875 cm