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Rattle

Date1880-1899 ca.
Place MadeUttar Pradesh, India, Asia
Serial No.none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionA pair of wooden rattles with flat, brass jingles. Embellished with brass studs and stylized bird figures. Used to accompany religious singing and some stringed instruments.
DimensionsLength: 280 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1977 from H. M. Lissauer, Melbourne, Australia.
Published ReferencesThomas E. Cross, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet, SMM Catalog Vol. II (1982), p. 4.

Thomas E. Cross, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet, MM Thesis, USD, 1983, p. 8, plate I.

André P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 29.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1977
Object number01527
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