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Bow for violin

about 1740
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueMahogany
DimensionsLength 69.1 cm, weight 54 g (Length 27 3/16 in., weight 0.1 lbs.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1742
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)
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