Castanets
date: label: date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This set of castanets (2) was made by an unknown maker in Germany, from 1878 to 1882, and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. They are made of boxwood.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This castanets were sold as item #6804.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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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.055711
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55711
objectType: label: Object Name
content: castanets
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: boxwood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 1/4 in; 7.3025 cm x 4.7625 cm x .635 cm