White Magic Studio

sporadicq:

Nefertari, wife of Ramesses II, holding a sistrum

amntenofre:

detail from the outer coffin of Henettawy, Lady of the House and Singer of the God Amon; ca. 1000–945 BCE, now in the Metropolitan Museum…
Henettawy playing the sistrum before the God Osiris. Osiris is represented green-skinned, wearing the White Crown with the two feathers and the Solar disk, holding the Flail and the ‘Heqa’-scepter

nile-flood:

シストラムいう楽器に似てるねこれ　音鳴らなそうやけど

diedamederschatten:

A sistrum was a rattle-like percussion instrument that was often used in ancient Egyptian religious ceremonies.

helvetica12point:

And my first sistrum is done! It’s a little wonky (you can’t see it from here, but that arch is hella crooked and I did not sand anywhere near like I should have), but it’s solid and has a good sound. Materials: ebony (I think, it was in a bag of pen blanks), aluminum, bronze, copper, wood beads (maybe coconut? I dunno, I’ve had them forever), and a screw. It may not be super finely crafted, but it’s a crap ton nicer than 99% of the tutorials out there, which involve electrical tape and a coat hanger on the better end.