Violin Bow
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This violon bow was made by and unknown maker in Germany, about 1880, and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is Tourte model violon bow, with an octagonal Brazilwood stick with nickel silver face, full nickel silver mounted ebony frog with underslide, colored pearl eyes with nickel silver rings and colored pearl slide, and an ebony button with two nickel silver rings.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold as a Tourte model violin bow (#6150), for $10.80 per dozen.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Howard Foote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.055706
label: catalog number
content: 55706
label: accession number
content: 11535
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brazilwood (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: 28 7/8 in x 1 1/8 in x 1/2 in; 73.3425 cm x 2.8575 cm x 1.27 cm