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Violin bow
This snakewood bow with fluted stick and octagonal handle is of an Italian type. The frog too is typically Italian. The stick has a pronounced inward curve.
- Date:
c.1789 - Maker:
- Collection:
Ashmolean Museum - Inventory number:
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France
- Measurements:5.3 mm stick smallest point width; 16.3 mm stick 1/4 hair length width; 7.5 mm stick 1/2 hair length width; 7.7 mm stick 3/4 hair length width; 7.9 mm stick front of frog width; 8.4 mm stick end of stick width; 5.3 mm stick smallest point height; 6.3 mm stick 1/4 hair length height; 7.3 mm stick 1/2 hiar length height; 8 mm stick 3/4 hair length height; 7.8 mm stick front of frog height; 8.4 mm stick end of stick height; 740 mm bow overall length; 263 mm bow balance point length; 642 mm bow hair length length; 49 g bow weight; 29.2 mm head length; 25 mm head height; 8.7 mm head width; 8 mm head hair width; 45.6 mm frog length; 19.8 mm frog height; 13.3 mm frog width; 9.5 mm frog hair width; 13.4 mm adjuster length