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Bone Clappers

late 19th century
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bone Clappers
  • Date: late 19th century
  • Culture: North American
  • Medium: bone
  • Dimensions: 5 in. x 1-1/2 in. (in pencil, "L.C. says 5-1/4 in. each")
  • Classification: Idiophone-Concussion
  • Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
  • Object Number: 89.4.1348a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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