English Violin Bow
English Violin Bow
- Description
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This bow was made by an unknown maker in England, about 1750. It is a violin bow made of a round (oval) medium dark-brown beefwood stick, with an open-face ivory frog and bone button.
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This is an interesting transitional bow with oval graduations and a modified pike head. The mortices for the hair in the head and the eyelet on the shank are both unusually wide. The frog and button, while contemporary, are not original to the stick.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bow
- date made
- ca 1750
- place made
- United Kingdom: England
- Physical Description
- beefwood (overall material)
- ivory (overall material)
- bone (overall material)
- horsehair (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/8 in x 27 7/8 in x 1 1/4 in;.9525 cm x 70.8025 cm x 3.175 cm
- ID Number
- MI.72.15
- catalog number
- 72.15
- accession number
- 296918
- Credit Line
- Gift of Janos Scholz
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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