Violin Bow
date: label: date made
content: 1775-1799
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This bow was made by an unknown maker probably in France, around 1775-1799. It is violin bow, made of a round brazilwood stick with a bone face, bone frog and button.</p>
label: Description
content: <p> This bow is possibly the work of Mirecourt craftsmanship. Donor Janos Scholz writes of this bow: “The frog attachment to the stick is of an earlier variety, with a leading ridge holding the frog in line, a rare device used in Italy, Holland and Germany. Some early English makers used it too.”</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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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 Janos Scholz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.72.14
label: catalog number
content: 72.14
label: accession number
content: 296918
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brazilwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bone (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: horsehair (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 72.39 cm x 3.175 cm x 1.27 cm