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violin

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  • Description

    violin, with bow and case, golden coloured wooden violin, ornate scroll. Four pegs, three of which have a mother of pearl inlay, the fourth is black. Metal chin rest has been added to the base of the violin body, the rest is raised and extends over the tailpiece. Violin is encased in a black painted wooden box lined with blue felt and accompanied by a bow with mother of pearl inlay.

    1 violin

    F Mueller, New Zealand, circa 1916

    maple, kauri, Southland beech, rosewood, ebony, bakelite, length of back 354 mm

    inscribed ‘Mueller 1916’

    1998.60.362

    This violin is an early attempt to construct a violin principally from New Zealand native timbers by the amateur maker F Mueller.

  • Place
    [Germany] New Zealand Germany
  • Accession Number
    1998.60.362
  • Accession Date
    10 Oct 1998
  • Other Id

    12 (Maureen)

    8 (Maureen)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

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