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Concussion vessels
A pair of clappers. The bottle-shaped lathe-turned wooden body has been cut vertically in half and the centre gouged out. Both halves have a hole at the narrower end, which a cord linking them passes through.
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before 1953 - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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East Africa - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:111.14 Concussion vessels or vessel clappers
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:111.14 Concussion vessels or vessel clappers
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 145 x 95 x 45 mm