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Castanets with handle
late 19th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Ebony
Dimensions
Length 27.7 cm, width 4.7 cm, thickness 3.6 cm (Length 10 7/8 in., width 1 7/8 in., thickness 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2030
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Idiophones
DescriptionFlat centerpiece with integral handle, to which are attached two castanets.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)