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Source Description
This fragment belonged to the top, perforated end of a clapper. On the outside face there are traces of fine, carefully incised design. At the top is a lotus petal. In the center, a pattern of squares is inside a "net" pattern. Below there are rows of wedges. There are two old breaks at the top end.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
1949
label
Clapper Fragment from a Musical Instrument
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
1949
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Clapper Fragment from a Musical Instrument
description
This fragment belonged to the top, perforated end of a clapper. On the outside face there are traces of fine, carefully incised design. At the top is a lotus petal. In the center, a pattern of squares is inside a "net" pattern. Below there are rows of wedges. There are two old breaks at the top end.
provenance
[Old numbers ""1480"" and ""341""]; MacGregor Collection, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; MacGregor Sale, Sotheby, Wilkenson & Hodge, London, June 29, 1922, lot 674; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1580-1349 BCE (New Kingdom)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
fragments
clappers (percussion beaters)
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
18th Dynasty
med
hippopotamus ivory
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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