Scan 83
Catalogue of the Stearns collection of musical instruments, 1921
37 lines. Read by computer on 13 September 2026. Printed page 67. See the scan on archive.org.
1401. Tambourine. Wooden rim. Parchment ……………Italy
2This specimen has ten pairs of discs.
3Depth, 9.1 cm. Diameter of head, 41.9 cm.
5402. Tambourine. Wooden rim. Parchment ……………Cyprus
6The rim is decorated with pictures of clowns and harlequins.
7Depth, 8.5 cm. Diameter of head, 38 cm.
9403. Rebana, or Adok. Wooden rim. Parchment ………..Sumatra
10The body contracts at the open side and contains a rattan snare and three pairs of loose discs. The head is secured by ornamental nails.
11Depth, 7.8 cm. Diameter of head, 33.5 cm.; of open side, 28.5 cm.
12(B-S.)
14404. Tambourine. Usual materials …………………..France
15The head bears the inscription "Marie Josephe de Saxe, Dauphine de France, 1767." On the observe side is a portrait, presumably of the Dauphine. The rim carries five double pairs of cymbals.
16Depth, 7.5 cm. Diameter of head, 44.5 cm.
18405. Tambourine. Wooden rim. Parchment ……………Italy
19The head bears the portrait of an Italian peasant girl.
20Depth, 9.5 cm. Diameter of head, 45 cm.
21Signed—"M. Reli."
23406. Abendair. Wooden rim. Parchment …….Kabyle Tribe, Algeria
24The oiled parchment head is decorated with the portrait, in oils, of the daughter of a Kabyle chieftain, signed by the artist, "C. Vincent."
25Bandar and bendeyr are alternative Arabian names for the native abendair, pl. ibendiiren.3
26Depth, 5.6 cm. Diameter of head, 37.2 cm.
28407. Bandar, or Bendeyr. Similar to No. 406 ……………Algeria
29The painted shell carries a band of leather, decorated with brass ornaments and rosettes of cowrie-shells. The head is decorated with floral designs and Arabic characters. A snare of four cords of gut runs over the head, and a leather tassel bearing cowrie-shells strikes the head when the tambourine is in motion, taking the place of the usual metal cymbals.
30Depth, 8.7 cm. Diameter of head, 39.8 cm.
32408. Riqq. Wooden rim. Parchment …………………..Algeria
33The rim is painted red and the head is decorated with flowers and the figure of a peacock. Usual discs.
34Depth, 5 cm. Diameter of head, 30.4 cm.
363 Sachs, p. 1.
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