Beautiful Old Much Played Double Row Hide Tambourine with Painted Sides map holder a good many years ago

a good many years ago for sure

Seems right to be drawing a caboose late in life and I really like the straight on

would once have been part of the scabbard or sheath for a ceremonial sword

showing a bit darker or lighter based on how the light hits it

and much smoked

Beautiful Old Much Played Double Row Hide Tambourine with Painted Sides map holder a good many years agoIt is a bit hard to capture the full beauty of this old tambourine in photos; part of it is holding in the hand and then shaking it! But hopefully some of it comes across, from the excellent black and gold painted exterior of the wooden fame (with red painted interior), to the staggered double row of brass cymbals, with tears and bends and curled edges that make it look very folky and very well loved, to the beautiful patina on the hide drum (with