German Violin Bow
date: label: date made
content: 1880 - 1899
notes: label: Description
content: This bow was made by an unknown maker in Germany, around 1880-1899. It is a violin bow, with a round brazilwood stick, an unlined plain ebony frog with a metal ferrule, and a bone button. This commercial bow was accessioned with a 19th century German violin (Cat. #094873)
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 Rev. F. Gardiner, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.094873a
label: catalog number
content: 94873a
label: accession number
content: 22998
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brazilwood (stick material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (frog material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (ferrule material)
label: Physical Description
content: bone (button material)
label: Physical Description
content: horsehair (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in x 5/8 in; 72.39 cm x 3.175 cm x 1.5875 cm