Set of Bones
date: label: date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This set of bones (4) was made by an unknown maker and unknown provenance, from 1878 to 1882, and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. They are made of ebony.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold as Bones or Clappers (#7008), for $0.50 for a set of four.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Percussion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Howard Foote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.055725
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55725
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bones
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 1 in x 1/4 in; 14.605 cm x 2.54 cm x .635 cm