Name/Title
Herbert Clark's Tambourine used in Elks Club Minstrel shows, 1902-1903Entry/Object ID
1981.274.3Description
Acc. No. 81.274.3
Subject Category: Fraternal (Elks)
Date or Period: 1902-1903
Object: Tambourine
Description: Wooden frame, painted red, with three cut out sections containing pins holding brass cymbals. The interior of tamborine, on the surface of the stretched hide, in sepia ink: "Herbert D. Clark, February 5, 1902 and November 27 and 28, 1903." And one through seven prompters are written.
Size: 8" across and 1½" thick.
History of Object: Tambourine used by Herbert D. Clark, February 5, 1902 and again November 27-28, 1903 in local minstrel shows under auspices of the Alameda Elks Club, BPOE 1015. The one to seven written sentences were memory joggers" for lines used by the players.
Acquired from: Eleanor D. Clark
Date: September 8, 1981
