Object Details
- Description
This bow was made by G.A. Pfretzchner shop, in East Germany, around 1945-1948. It is a violin bow made of Pernambuco wood, ivory tip plate, without a frog, tightening screw, or horsehair. The bow is stamped:
G.A. PFRETZSCHNER
USSR OCCUPIED- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1945-1948
- Credit Line
- Gift of Albert F. and Lorette M. Moglie
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- ivory (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 29 in x 1 3/8 in x 3/8 in; 73.66 cm x 3.4925 cm x .9525 cm
- Object Name
- bow
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