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Cello bow

stick: kind of snake-wood; after slightly facetted first quarter, round to a long rounded head, unfaced with squared-off point and noticeable chamfer; polished brown, with (later) leather lapping; frog: white polished ivory; no lining, slide or ferrule; screw: iron; eye: brass; adjuster: ivory; length 710, hair 595, diameter at frog 10.0, diameter at head 6.0, weight 74.1 gr.

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  • Decorative elements:stick: slightly faceted along first quarter; frog: as coiled scaly serpent with pointed barbed tail in the middle, with hair issuing from mouth|adjuster: in shape of an elongated beehive, square, hatched, with small knob at end
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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music