Bass Viol
Abraham Prescott
ca. 1820
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
Total L. 200 cm (78-3/4 in.); Body L. 120.6 cm (47-7/16 in.); String L. 109.6 cm (43-3/16 in.); Upper bouts 52.7 cm (20-3/4 in.); Center bouts 28 cm (11-1/16 in.); Lower bouts 72.9 cm (28-11/16 in.)
Classification
Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Culture
American
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1980
Accession Number
1980.492