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1928.59.16

Musical instrument, possibly a sistrum, consisting of a two circular cane rings bound together.

1928.59.16

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Collection type
Object
Description
Musical instrument, possibly a sistrum, consisting of a two circular cane rings bound together.
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source James Thomas Hooper
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1928
Date collected
By 1928
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1928
Materials and processes
Material Cane Plant, Material Creeper Plant, Process Bound
Dimensions
Diameter: max 323 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1928.59.16
Research and responses

Related Documents File [James Thomas Hooper, Catalogue of Ethnographical Material] - The museum has a photocopy of Hooper's accession and dispersal records, which are bound as two volumes and kept in a separate box file. Items are arranged according to Hooper's own numbering system [RTS 21/11/2003].

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Rattle

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