Clappers

MOA: University of British Columbia

3124/5

Pair of bamboo clappers. Instrument consists of two long rectangular pieces of curved bamboo, tied together at one end with a double strand of white twisted cotton rope looped through two holes bored through each clapper. The bamboo is finished in lacquer. No decoration or inscription.


  • Type of Item clapper
  • Culture Chinese
  • Material bamboo grass, cotton fibre, lacquer
  • Measurements height 18.2 cm, width 6.6 cm, depth 3.5 cm (overall)

  • 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 3124/0005