http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1086490/resize%3Aformat%3DfullAmerican bass viol1807William GreenMaple, pineOne-piece back and ribs of slab-cut maple. Belly of wide-grain white pine. Painted purfling, interrupted at top of back by pattern of crosses and dots. Neck and pegbox of mzaple. Old fingerboard and tailpiece of maple, painted black; tailpiece with saddle and two inlays (heart- and diamond-shaped) of bone. Later tuning pegs of rosewood (?). Two later bridges of maple. Later endpin of steel. Later reddish varnish, with faux woodgraining on back. Internal construction: Footed neck with point at toe; two reinforcing blocks of wood glued alongside. Wide, flat lower block. Regular liners and thin corner blocks. Musical instruments11.4000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/516850/rdf