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Object Number
44-35-10/27470
Display Title
Violin bow. Carved of wood with strands of horse hairattached with sinew
Descriptions
Object Description
Violin bow. Carved of wood with strands of horse hair attached with sinew.
Inventory Description
Bow, curved wood with horsehair string, attached to notched ends with sinew
Classification
- Musical
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1887-1894
Artist
Geronimo
Culture
- Chiricahua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alabama
Materials
Wood, Horsehair, Horsehair
Dimensions
Overall: 51.5 x 3.2 x 0.7 cm (20 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Owner
Geronimo
(04/01/1887-01/01/1894)
Collector
Unknown
Intermediary
Old South Church of Boston
(06/14/1944)
Donor
Hemenway Heirs
(06/16/1944)
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