German Violin Bow
date: label: date made
content: 1875-1899
notes: label: Description
content: This bow was made by an unknown maker in Germany, around 1875-1899. It is an ornamented commercial violin bow of student quality, made of a round brazilwood stick with imitation snakewood markings and celluloid face, nickel silver mounted ornamental bone frog with underslide, pearl eyes and black rings, and a bone button with nickel silver ring and tip.
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 Irma Prager
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.71.08b
label: catalog number
content: 71.08b
label: accession number
content: 292441
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brazilwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: celuloid (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bone (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 1/2 in; 73.9775 cm x 3.175 cm x 1.27 cm