Pair of carved wooden clappers, decorated with faces of Hathor atop a papyrus column with an outstretched hand. Very similar to a pair of clappers at the Met Museum (MMA 89.4.1843), however E.104a/b are of doubtful authenticity, owing to the rendering of the face of Hathor, and the awkward carving of the digits.
Clapper
Length: 15.7 cm
Width: 2.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1932) by Whyte, Edward Towry
Accession number: E.104a.1932
Primary reference Number: 52835
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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