Castanet

Museum number:
7-7857a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3553 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2403 and Acc.3032.02
Description:
castanets (2 halves); decorated wood; (a) "Sorrento" and scrawled letter on one siede; (b) inlaid standing peasant woman in green, red and beige on black ground; l. each 8 cm (no longer held together).
Donor:
Albert M. Bender and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Europe
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Collection date:
1931-1933
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Castanets
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1968 and 1974
Context of use:
souvenir of Sorrento as well as a musical instrument.
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
each— length 8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Castanet, accession number 7-7857a,b, described as castanets (2 halves); decorated wood; (a) "Sorrento" and scrawled letter on one siede; (b) inlaid standing peasant woman in green, red and beige on black ground; l. each 8 cm (no longer held together).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Castanet, accession number 7-7857a,b, described as castanets (2 halves); decorated wood; (a) "Sorrento" and scrawled letter on one siede; (b) inlaid standing peasant woman in green, red and beige on black ground; l. each 8 cm (no longer held together).

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