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Tambourine

Tambourine
Shaman’s tambourine, Thailand, about 1900s–1960s

This tambourine was made by Hmong people in Thailand and might have been used by a shaman – a religious practitioner who would have used the tambourine during rituals to interact with the spirit world.

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