Wood block
This noisemaker may have been used for a subsitute in religious services for the ringing of a bell, like a cog rattle replacing a bell during Holy Week services.
Description: plain rectangular block of hardwood with carved integral handle, the block hollowed from two sides by a slit, at the end opposite the handle a (modern) leather thong protrudes through a hole to loosely fasten a round wooden ball that strikes the wide sides of the block when it is shaken, producing a loud clack.
Description: plain rectangular block of hardwood with carved integral handle, the block hollowed from two sides by a slit, at the end opposite the handle a (modern) leather thong protrudes through a hole to loosely fasten a round wooden ball that strikes the wide sides of the block when it is shaken, producing a loud clack.
Artwork Details
- Title: Wood block
- Date: 15th century or later
- Medium: Wood
- Dimensions: L. 26.7 cm (10-1/2 in.); W. 7.6 cm (3 in.); D. 4.3 cm (1-3/4 in.)
- Classification: Idiophone-Shaken-rattle
- Credit Line: Gift of Kimberly and Justin Nasatir, 1996
- Object Number: 1996.320.2
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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