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Sistrum

ca. 1900 · Ethiopia

Modern · artifact

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Plate 1Sistrum, Ethiopia, ca. 1900, copper alloy and wood, Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, 54.2848.

Photography, unless otherwise attributed, by Ariel Tabritha and Elena Damon.

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 104, cat. 35 (supplied scan PDF p. 104)

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Sistrum, Ethiopia, ca. 1900, copper alloy and wood, Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, 54.2848.Plate 1 · Photography, unless otherwise attributed, by Ariel Tabritha and Elena Damon. · Printed p. 104, cat. 35 (supplied scan PDF p. 104)

What the record shows

Catalogue no. 35: Sistrum. ca. 1900; copper alloy and wood; Ethiopia.

Date
ca. 1900
Object type
Tools, furnishings & ritual objects
Recorded place
Ethiopia
Holding
Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum
Accession
54.2848
Source locator
Printed p. 104, cat. 35 (supplied scan PDF p. 104)
Source citation
Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).