Clapper

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clappers are among the earliest percussion instruments in ancient Egypt. This clapper is shaped like a forearm and hand; a bracelet adorns the wrist. Clappers were used in all activities featuring music or singing, such as banquets, funerary processions, and rituals.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art