German Viola Bow
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 viola bow made of a round brazilwood stick with an ivory face, a full nickel-silver mounted ebony frog with plain pearl eyes and nickel-silver rings and a plain pearl slide, and a nickel-silver overlaid ebony button. It is a commercial student bow.
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 Merlin Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.394503a
label: accession number
content: 214741
label: catalog number
content: 394503a
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brazilwood (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: Physical Description
content: horsehair (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in x 5/8 in; 73.9775 cm x 3.175 cm x 1.5875 cm