Editing Tambourine (section)

==History==
The origin of the tambourine is unknown, but it appears in historical writings as early as 1700 BC and was used by ancient musicians first in [[Ancient Egypt]], the [[Ancient Near East]] and eventually to [[Greece]] and other places.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vsl.info/en/academy/percussion/tambourine|title=Tambourine|publisher=VSL-Academy|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref> The tambourine passed to Europe by way of merchants or musicians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wpr.org/shows/tambourine-and-music-making-around-globe|title=The Tambourine and Music Making Around The Globe|first=Jonathan|last=Overby|date=22 May 2014|website=Wpr.org|access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref> Tambourines were used in ancient Egypt, where they were known as the [[timbrel|tof]] to the Hebrews, who mainly used the instrument in religious contexts.<ref>{{1911|inline=1|first=Kathleen |last=Schlesinger |wstitle=Timbrel}}</ref> The word ''tambourine'' finds its origins in French ''tambourin'', which referred to a long narrow drum used in Provence, the word being a diminutive of ''tambour'' "drum," altered by influence of Arabic ''tunbur'' "drum".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=tambourine|title=tambourine {{!}} Origin and meaning of tambourine by Online Etymology Dictionary|website=Etymonline.com|access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref> from the [[Middle Persian]] word ''tambūr'' "lute, drum".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=tabor|title=tabor {{!}} Origin and meaning of tabor by Online Etymology Dictionary|website=Etymonline.com|access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref>

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File:Burgas-Archeology-museum-Red-figure-pottery.jpg|Ancient Greek [[red-figure pottery]] depicting a girl playing the tambourine. [[Bourgas]] Archaeology Museum.
File:Woman mirror tambourine MBA Lyon L631.jpg|Woman holding a mirror and a tambourine facing a winged genie with a ribbon and a branch with leaves. [[Ancient Greek]] [[Red-figure pottery|red-figure]] [[oinochoe]], ca. 320 BC, from [[Magna Graecia]]. (Notice the coloured decorative woven stripes hanging on the tambourine, which can still be seen today on the ''tamburello'', the tambourine of Southern Italy.)
File:Triumph of Bacchus - Sousse (clipped tympanum).jpg|[[Maenad]] playing a ''[[tympanum (hand drum)|tympanum]]''. Detail from the Triumph of Dionysus, on a Roman mosaic from Tunisia (3rd century AD) 
File:Recreation-Pearce-Highsmith-detail-2.jpeg|Girl playing a tambourine. Detail from ''Recreation'' (1896), by [[Charles Sprague Pearce]]. Library of Congress [[Thomas Jefferson Building]], Washington, D.C.
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