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1908.46.1

Wooden clappers

1908.46.1

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Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden clappers
Geographical reference: Italy
Europe > Southern Europe > Italy; Naples Napoli
Cultural groups: Italian
Person: Field collector Eustace Neville-Rolfe; PRM source Eustace Neville-Rolfe
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1907
Date collected: 1907
Acquisition information: Donated: 1908
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Pigment, Process Carpentered, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Height: max 40 mm, Width: max 296 mm, Length: max 418 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.46.1
Research and responses: The festival of Piedigrotta in Naples commemorates the battle of Velletri in 1744. [Encyclopædia Britannia Online; "Italy"]. See entries [1908.46.1 - 6]. [CF 17/12/99]

Search terms: Music, Ritual and Ceremonial, Musical Instrument, Clappers

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