Violin Bow

late 19th or early 20th century

Not on view

Technical description: Octagonal pernambuco stick, silver on silk and brown leather wrapping, French tip with trapezoidal mortise, ivory headplate, ebony liner, ebony frog with prismatic guide, silver underside, silver ferrule and two-piece heelplate, mother-of-pearl slide and eyes, octagonal button with two silver bands.

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Title: Violin Bow
Maker: Franz Albert Nürnberger workshop
Date: late 19th or early 20th century
Geography: Markneukirchen, Germany
Culture: German
Medium: Pernambuco, leather, ivory, ebony, silver, mother-of-pearl, horsehair
Dimensions: Length of stick: 73 cm (28-3/4 in.)
Length of hair: 64.8 cm (25-1/2 in.)
Weight: 56.1 gm
Classification: Chordophone-Accessories-bow
Credit Line: Gift of Nat and Yanna Kroyt Brandt, 1985
Object Number: 1985.406.3
Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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