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Ivory hand from clapper

Nubian
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Semna, SXLVI

Medium/Technique Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 9.8 x 3 x 0.5 cm (3 7/8 x 1 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24.2103
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical instruments

DescriptionIvory hand from clapper or castanet, in several pieces.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Semna, SXLVI. 1924: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.