Castanets
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Oct 1988
label: Collection Date
content: August, 1969
name: label: Collector
content: Alixa Naff
label: Donor Name
content: George Naff
notes: label: Notes
content: 2 DISCS W. DOMED CENTER, HOLE IN CENTER OF DOME TO ACCOMMODATE YARN-COVERED ELASTIC LOOP (TO FIT OVER FINGER?) SCALLOPED EDGED ON RIM. USED BY MUSICIANS AND DANCERS (PRIMARILY FEMALE) IN SOLO DANCES BOTH FOR VILLAGE STYLE DANCING AND FOR BELLY DANCING. PURCHASED BY COLLECTOR FR. LOCAL MUSICIAN IN ASWAN, EGYPT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Jun 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Cairo, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian
label: Culture
content: Arabic-Islamic
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378937
label: USNM Number
content: E424851-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cymbal
physicalDescription: label: Diameter
content: 5.4 cm