Clapper (one of a pair)
1985–1295 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueWood
DimensionsLength: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)
Credit LineMarilyn M. Simpson Fund
Accession number2017.75.1
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceNovember 8, 1975, sold by the Galerie Uraeus, Paris, to Antoine (or Anton) Groth, Zurich; by descent within the family; April 15, 2015, consigned anonymously by a member of the Groth family, Christie’s, London (sale 10372), lot 160, to Walter Gilbert, Cambridge, MA; 2017, sold by Walter Gilbert to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 1, 2017)
50 B.C.–1 A.D.
2040–1070 B.C.
1985–1295 B.C.
about 800 B.C.
664–332 B.C.
30 B.C.–A.D 364
30 B.C.–A.D 364