Yankee Bass Viol

Medium

Wood

Dimensions

Body L.: 83.3 cm (32-13/16 in.); Body W.: upper bouts 37.4 cm (14-11/16 in.); center bouts 26.7 cm: (10-1/2 in.); lower bouts: 48.2 cm (18-15/16 in.); Rib H.: top block 11.7 cm (4-5/8 in.); center bouts: 11.9 cm (4-11/16 in.; bottom block: 12.3 cm (4-13/16 in.); Vibrating string: L.: 75.2 cm (29-5/8 in.)

Classification

Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted

Culture

American

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Margaret Hodges Warren, 1979

Accession Number

1979.204