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Violin bow

A snakewood bow with a frog that may be a later repair.

  • Date:
    c.1720
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  • Collection:
    Ashmolean Museum
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  • Place of production:
    England
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  • Materials:snakewood, horsehair
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  • Repository:Ashmolean Museum
  • Measurements:4.4 mm stick smallest point width; 6.3 mm stick 1/4 hair length width; 7.5 mm stick 1/2 hair length width; 8.1 mm stick 1/8 hair length width; 8.3 mm front of frog width; 8.2 mm stick end of stick width; 4.3 mm stick smallest point height; 6.1 mm stick 1/4 hair length height; 7.3 mm stick 1/2 hair length height; 7.8 mm stick 3/4 hair length height; 8 mm stick front of frog height; 8 mm stick end of stick height; 703 mm bow overall length; 259 mm bow balance point length; 558 mm bow hair length; 51.5 g bow weight; 38 mm head length; 6.8 mm head width; 5.5 mm head hair width; 59.9 mm frog length; 21.6 mm frog height; 9.8 mm frog width; 7 mm frog hair width