German Violin Bow
date: label: date made
content: 1878-1882
notes: label: Description
content: This bow was made by an unknown maker in Germany, around 1878-1882. It is a violin bow with an octagonal snakewood stick with an ivory face, a full nickel-silver mounted ebony frog with plain pearl eyes and slide, and an ebony button with two nickel-silver rings and a pearl eye. The bow has a very thinly graduated stick. The frog and button are not original. Accessioned with Tuebner Bowed Zither (Cat. #247692).
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.247692a
label: catalog number
content: 247692a
label: accession number
content: 47477
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: snakewood (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: 26 5/8 in x 1 3/16 in x 5/8 in; 67.6275 cm x 3.01625 cm x 1.5875 cm