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Violin bow. Carved of wood with strands of horse hairattached with sinew
Violin bow. Carved of wood with strands of horse hairattached with sinew
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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