Clappers in the shape of hands
FindspotSemna, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueIvory
DimensionsOverall: 15.5 x 3 cm (6 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.1986a-c
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceFrom Semna, S533. 1924: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
50 B.C.–1 A.D.
about 800 B.C.
664–332 B.C.
30 B.C.–A.D 364
30 B.C.–A.D 364
30 B.C.–A.D 364
600–500 B.C.