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bow

Datemid 19th-early 20th Century
Inventory Number1997-1-0935
ClassificationMusical Instrument Bow
Subject
    Cultural Region
      Dimensions6 x 73 x 1 cm (2 3/8 x 28 3/4 x 3/8 in.)
      box: 5.7 × 77.8 × 28.6 cm (2 1/4 × 30 5/8 × 11 1/4 in.)
      Material
        DescriptionA bow, for playing a stringed instrument. The stick is possibly rosewood, the frog appears to be ebony, and the hair is black horsehair. The strings are loose and partially detached from the frog and tip.
        Signedunsigned
        FunctionWooden bow for playing stringed instrument. Also used in physics demonstrations to incite vibrations in Chladni plates.
        bow
        bow
        Date: mid 19th-early 20th Century
        Object number: 1997-1-0938
        bow
        bow
        Date: mid 19th-early 20th Century
        Object number: 1997-1-0941
        bow
        bow
        Date: mid 19th-early 20th Century
        Object number: 1997-1-0939
        bow
        bow
        Date: mid 19th-early 20th Century
        Object number: 1997-1-0940
        bow
        bow
        Date: mid 19th-early 20th Century
        Object number: 1997-1-0954
        bow
        bow
        Date: mid 19th-early 20th Century
        Object number: 1997-1-0943
        bow
        bow
        Date: mid 19th-early 20th Century
        Object number: 1997-1-0942
        Savart-type trapezoidal violin
        Savart-type trapezoidal violin
        Rudolph Koenig
        Date: circa 1865
        Object number: 1997-1-0949
        xylophone
        xylophone
        American
        Date: 1870-1920
        Object number: 1997-1-0932
        violin fingerboard, tuning pegs, and scroll
        violin fingerboard, tuning pegs, and scroll
        Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
        Object number: 1997-1-0953
        hanging wooden xylophone
        hanging wooden xylophone
        Department of Physics, Harvard University
        Date: circa 1850
        Object number: 1998-1-0026
        bench with 6 Chladni plates and violin bow
        bench with 6 Chladni plates and violin bow
        Marloye et Cie
        Date: circa 1850
        Accessories: horsehair cello bow
        Object number: 1998-1-0081