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"Musical Ball" ("Return Ball")

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Musical Instruments

"Musical Ball" ("Return Ball")

Chinese

Date
early 19th century
Medium
papier mâché and other materials
Dimensions
Diam. c. 17cm (6 11/16in.)
Object type
"Musical Ball" ("Return Ball")
Classification
Idiophone
Culture
Chinese
Country
China?
Object number
89.4.2330
Credit line
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Original Met record

The Met object ID 504709. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.