/internal/media/dispatcher/783592/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDance master's violinprobably 19th centuryLength 41.5 cm, width 4.7 cm (Length 16 5/16 in., width 1 7/8 in.)Pearwood, maple, spruce, ivoryLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection17.17090Narrow, elongated boyd of pear wood with five-ribbed back. Arched belly with two sound-holes shaped like the figure 3. Neck of pear wood with peg-box. Tail-piece of boxwood, affixed by ivory tail-pin to the lower block through hole in the belly (not at the bottom!). Four gut strings; movable bridge of standard type, but with narrow base; ivory nut. Lateral pegs. Sound-post.Musical instruments3.00000000005024301