<em>Fragmentary Clapper or Castanet</em>, ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E. Bone, 16.136a: 1 1/4 × 11/16 × 6 7/16 in. (3.2 × 1.7 × 16.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.136a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.136a-b_view01.jpg)

Fragmentary Clapper or Castanet

Medium: Bone

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 16.136a: 1 1/4 × 11/16 × 6 7/16 in. (3.2 × 1.7 × 16.4 cm) 16.136b: 1 1/4 × 11/16 × 6 5/16 in. (3.1 × 1.7 × 16 cm)

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Accession Number: 16.136a-b

Image: CUR.16.136a-b_view01.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Pair of bone clappers or wands. Usual incised band decoration at wrist area. Ends were decorated with incisions seemingly in form of lotus flowers. Lower ends rounded and pierced. Condition: Both ends lost. Incomplete.

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