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Bow for violin

Bow for violin

(French, born 1853)
late 19th century
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniquePernambuco, ebony, nickel silver, mother-of-pearl, ivory
DimensionsLength: 74.4 cm (29 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of John Cole in honor of Gabriel Calisi
Accession number2012.936
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped: J. LAMY – PARIS
ProvenanceBy 1920s, Florence Bogosian, Cambridge, MA; 1999, gift of Bogosian to her nephew, John Cole, Kap’ua, HI; 2012, gift of Cole to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 28, 2012)
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