File:Clevelandart 1920.1990.jpg
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Summary
Arched Sistrum
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| Title |
Arched Sistrum |
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| Description |
A sistrum is a musical rattle. Metal disks strung on wires along the arched upper end of the sistrum produced a rustling sound that was supposed to have a calming effect on the nerves of various deities, especially the goddesses Hathor and Bastet. Appropriately, this example is decorated with a Hathor head (a woman with cow’s ears) and a cat (the image of Bastet). These instruments are particularly associated with women, who played them as members of a temple choir. |
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| Date | -380 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Bronze, hollow cast | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 21.4 x 5.3 cm (8 7/16 x 2 1/16 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art |
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| Accession number |
1920.199 |
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| Place of creation | Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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