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plural sistrums or sistra
An ancient Egyptian musical instrument, to be shaken, consisting of a metal frame holding percussive metal beads. quotations examples
She moved with slow undulations of her body as lascivious as the curve of Hathfertiti’s hair, and the sistrum with its singing wires was played by a dwarf wearing nothing but a gold purse and a few bracelets on his stunted biceps.
1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings