bow, violin

bow, violin, pernambuco stick, slightly concave straight stick, ebony button with two silver (?), mother of pearl eye to end; coiled whale bone and leather with alternating black/brown stripes; ebony moveable frog with silver back and silver nickel bottom plate; mother of pearl slide and two eyes; silver ferrule connects white horsehair to batle axe head with bone tip, (snow shoe) transitional

1 violin bow

maker unknown, European, early 19th century

pernambuco, maple, silver, nickel-silver, ivory, ebony, mother-of-pearl, length 740 mm, weight 59.4 g

stamped ‘Dodd’ engraved ‘XII’

1998.60.381

This bow features a transitional hatchet type head.