Beautiful Old Much Played Double Row Hide Tambourine with Painted Sides wax butter though equally great just to

though equally great just to arrange in various configurations and patterns

a one ding around the lip

I found this one in Vermont but would guess continental European

and I'll keep snatching them up when I come across them

this is unsigned and I don’t know who painted it

Beautiful Old Much Played Double Row Hide Tambourine with Painted Sides wax butter though equally great just toIt 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