Decorative Ribboned Tambourine

Identifier

2011-09-0116

Title

Decorative Ribboned Tambourine

Type

Personal Belongings Musical instruments

Description

Side inscriptions: 'EDEN-MANLY-GARDENS Belgium fund (pound symbol)5/11/6 Collected 30 Sept [Belgium Flag& USA Flag]' 'Narrabeen Patriotic Continental October 3rd/14 Collected (Pound symbol)4', 'Arcadia Theatre Manly Patriotic Concert October 28th/14 (pound symbol)6/18/4', 'Brookvale November 1914 (pound symbol)1/5/9', 'Reprekorg (?)Theatre Novbr 1914 (pound symbol)1/5/4', 'Eastwood Decbr 1914 (pound symbol)2/2/4'. Face inscriptions on paper with ink and paint, adhered to animal skin:'MANLY At Patriotic Concert 3/9/14 The Absent-Minded Beggar" Collected (pound symbol)5/2/0 [Naval flag and union jack]'

Creator

Coverage

Medium

Wood, possibly lacquer

Format

C = 710 mm

Provenance

'SMITH HALL BROOK-VALE 15th Sept. 1914 Collected (pound symbol)2/10/0 [Russian(?) Naval flag]'

Date

1914-1918

Audience

Case 56