Tambourine
1900-1920 (made)
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Open based tambourine, the beechwood frame pasted with an external band of paper printed with geometric motifs in red and blue on a yellow ground and between red and yellow borders. The top is made from a circle of re-used white parchment held within a wooden hoop which has been painted royal blue. Around the sides are four elliptical holes, each originally fitted with a pair of discs of gilded metal loosely mounted on a long panel pin; there is also a circular thumb hole.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Beechwood, parchment, metal and paper |
| Brief description | Tambourine, of wood, parchment and metal; probably England, 1920-1929 |
| Physical description | Open based tambourine, the beechwood frame pasted with an external band of paper printed with geometric motifs in red and blue on a yellow ground and between red and yellow borders. The top is made from a circle of re-used white parchment held within a wooden hoop which has been painted royal blue. Around the sides are four elliptical holes, each originally fitted with a pair of discs of gilded metal loosely mounted on a long panel pin; there is also a circular thumb hole. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Ida Carroll |
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| Accession number | B.30-1999 |
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| Record created | March 24, 1999 |
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