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Bass viol or cello bow

A Central European made snakewood bow.

  • Date:
    c.1750
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    Ashmolean Museum
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  • Place of production:
    Austria, probably
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  • Repository:Ashmolean Museum
  • Measurements:5.8 mm stick smallest point width; 6.7 mm stick 1/4 hair length width; 8.1 mm stick 1/2 hair length width; 9.3 mm stick 3/4 hair length width; 9.2 mm stick front of frog width; 9.2 mm stick end of stick width; 5.5 mm stick smallest point height; 6.9 mm stick 1/4 hair length height; 8.1 mm stick 1/2 hair length height; 9.4 mm stick 3/4 hair length height; 8.9 mm stick front of frog height; 9 mm stick end of stick height; 736 mm bow overall length; 241 mm bow balance point length; 600 mm bow hair length; 73 g bow weight; 41.1 cm head length; 9.9 mm head width; 8 mm head hair width; 55.5 mm frog length; 8 mm frog height; 11 mm frog width; 8.8 mm frog hair width; 19.7 mm adjuster length