clapper

Classification: 1 Idiophones / 11 Struck idiophones
Maker: Filak Józef
Date: 1901
Village / Town: Brzozów
Region: Subcarpathia
Country: Poland
Owner: Franciszek Kotula Ethnographic Museum in Rzeszów
Inventory number: MRE 434
Measurements: 320 x 165 x 80 mm
Materials: wood, metal
Performance practice: formerly used to make ritual noise during the folk Koledari ceremonies, instead of church bells during the Holy Week, to frighten away animals during hunting, and to signal vigilance by night watchmen (in towns), nowadays also a toy
Catalog card by: Jolanta Pękacz / Zbigniew J. Przerembski


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