Clappers (bones)
late 19th century
Object PlaceUnited States
Medium/TechniqueEbony
DimensionsLength 18.3 cm, width 2.8 cm, thickness 1 cm (Length 7 3/16 in., width 1 1/8 in., thickness 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Trevor Robinson
Accession number1989.132a-d
On View
On viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
ProvenanceBy the 1880s, Ernest Dalton, Chicopee, Massachusetts, who played them in minstrel shows throughout the 1880s and 1890s; before 1970, by descent to his grandson, Trevor Robinson, Massachusetts; 1970, gift of Robinson to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 22, 1989)
late 19th century
mid 18th century
