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Bow for violin
late 19th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Pernambuco
Dimensions
Length 73.9 cm, weight 53 g (Length 29 1/8 in., weight 0.1 lbs.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1745
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Accessories
DescriptionTourte type. Round stick of Pernambuco. Ebony frog with mother-of-pearl slide and German silver trimmings. German silver and ebony button. Ordinary commercial bow.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)