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Clappers (idiophones)

Scope note

Concussion idiophones consisting of two or more objects in the form of sticks, plaques, troughs, or vessels of wood, bone, ivory, shell or other hard sonorous material, sounded by striking together.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000191301

Broader Terms used

<directly struck idiophones>

Narrower Terms used

slapsticks
pu-ilus
bones (idiophones)

Equivalent Terms used

clapper (idiophone)

Created

13yrs ago

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