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Slit drum (bang) and mallet

19th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueWood
DimensionsLength 15.5 cm, width 5.5 cm, thickness 3.1cm (Length 6 1/8 in., width 2 3/16 in., thickness 1 1/4 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.2116a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsPainted in black on bottom: [three Chinese characters]
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)