Cardboard Castanets
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
name: label: unspecified
content: Meggers, Edith R.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This castanet was made by an undetermined maker, possibly Germany, early 20th century. It is made of cardboard with 2 clappers shaped as a Santa Claus face, stapled on a cardboard base. This was a promotional toy from Goldberg's Department store in Washington, DC. The castanet is printed:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>GOLDENBERG'S<br>TOY DEPARTMENT<br>WASHINGTON, D.C.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Percussion
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content: Family & Social Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.74.28
label: accession number
content: 314637
label: catalog number
content: 74.28
objectType: label: Object Name
content: castanets
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 2 7/8 in x 6 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 7.3025 cm x 17.145 cm