Violoncello Head

Joachim Tielke

ca. 1670–80 · Maple · Musical Instruments

This 'cello scroll is carved in maple and features a protruding head with an open mouth and long, flowing mane. It surmounts a four-hole pegbox decorated on the back with a floral pattern carved in low relief. The pegbox has been repeatedly rebushed and grafted onto a later 'cello neck of flamed maple which shows traces of its former fingerboard and attachment to the body of the instrument.

Artist

Joachim Tielke

Date

ca. 1670–80

Medium

Maple

Culture

German

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

Gift of M-K Enterprises, 1998