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Clappers

MOA: University of British Columbia

3124/1 a-b

Set of wooden clappers and accompanying cloth bag (part b). Instrument consists of three long, rectangular pieces of lacquered wood, the topmost with a central raised spine, the others flat. An inscription in Chinese characters is carved into the wood of the top piece, filled with green paint. The clappers are joined together with a thick, braided red cotton rope looped through two holes bored through each piece of wood, and decoratively knotted on one side with tassels falling from the ends. The cotton carrying bag is blue with a white pattern of foliage and dots, and has a pull cord at the top.

  • Type of Item clapper
  • Culture Chinese
  • Material rosewood wood, cotton fibre, paint
  • Measurements height 17.5 cm, width 4.0 cm, depth 4.5 cm (part a) height 22.0 cm, width 7.5 cm (part b)
  • Previous Owner Kate Stevens, Anonymous
  • Received from Anonymous
  • Made in Shandong
  • Ownership Date before July 23, 2015
  • Acquisition Date on July 23, 2015
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3124/0001 a-b

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