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Bow for viola da gamba
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Bow for viola da gamba

about 1800
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueOak
DimensionsLength 69.5 cm, weight 75 g (Length 27 3/8 in., weight 0.2 lbs.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1744
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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