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Clappers (paiban)

19th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueRosewood
DimensionsLength 25.8 cm, width 6.1 cm, thickness 1 cm (Length 10 3/16 in., width 2 3/8 in., thickness 3/8 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.2118a-c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsIn black paint on two clappers: [Chinese character?]
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)
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