Tambourine
A1756
From: Russia | Turkestan
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | A1756 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Russia | Turkestan |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Brass | Leather |
| Description | Brass bell-shaped body with brass extension at small end with hole for leather strap. Skin head glued down and held by 6 brass pegs; reinforced with hide thongs intertwined around pegs. Brass incised with designs near head. Good condition. Leather strap deteriorating. Height: 14.5 cm. Diam of head: 11.5 cm. |
| Credit Line | Russian Expedition; Zelia Nuttall, 1897 |
| Other Number | M unknown - Seder Number |
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