Lost
Small wooden tambourine with teal edge
Catskills
Lost
listing
Posted
3 months
ago
Description
I lost my small wooden tambourine yesterday around 3pm near the Circle Market on Main Street in Phoenicia, Catskills. It's an 8-inch tambourine with a natural wood shell and a bright teal edge; the jingles around the rim are still intact but a bit tarnished from travel. A tiny cartoon cat sticker on the back is one of the easy ways to spot it. It has sentimental value for me—my grandmother taught me a few songs on it, and I’d be really grateful to get it back. If someone happened to find something like this, that sticker and the teal edge should help identify it.
Approximate last-seen location
Catskills
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