Sistrum

Museum number:
5-8473
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
195 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2569
Description:
Sistrum; openwork brass frame with two rows of circular jinglers, 3 to a row; brass handle; hop of frame damaged on one side; height: 21.3 cm. Used in ceremonies by Coptic priests when priests chant and dance.
Donor:
David Solomon and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Axum, Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ethiopia; Axum
Collector:
David Solomon
Collection date:
1967-68
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sistra
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
October 1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sistrum, accession number 5-8473, described as Sistrum; openwork brass frame with two rows of circular jinglers, 3 to a row; brass handle; hop of frame damaged on one side; height: 21.3 cm. Used in ceremonies by Coptic priests when priests chant and dance.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sistrum, accession number 5-8473, described as Sistrum; openwork brass frame with two rows of circular jinglers, 3 to a row; brass handle; hop of frame damaged on one side; height: 21.3 cm. Used in ceremonies by Coptic priests when priests chant and dance.

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