JKP: If we're going to be anachronistic I'll say it's one of those hands-free harmonicas that can be attached to the head 
Seriously though.. I'm not even sure if the object is supposed to be attached to the nymph at all, or if it's just there and she's kind of blowing at it?
I guess one's first guess might be a comb of some kind because of the lines, but the rest of the drawing argues against that.
Its overall shape reminds me the most of something like a sistrum:
![[Image: Isis.jpg]](http://www.cybele2.com/Isis.jpg)
But again this does not explain the position of the thing and the way the nymph interacts with it, since sistrums are percussion instruments.
It would be important to know first whether the lines between the object and the water are supposed to be wires of some sorts or just lines indicating a flow of water...
Edit: VV, our posts crossed. So you think it'ts supposed to be a tube? I hadn't looked at it that way, though I guess it might be... Keeps getting stranger indeed.
Seriously though.. I'm not even sure if the object is supposed to be attached to the nymph at all, or if it's just there and she's kind of blowing at it?
I guess one's first guess might be a comb of some kind because of the lines, but the rest of the drawing argues against that.
Its overall shape reminds me the most of something like a sistrum:
But again this does not explain the position of the thing and the way the nymph interacts with it, since sistrums are percussion instruments.
It would be important to know first whether the lines between the object and the water are supposed to be wires of some sorts or just lines indicating a flow of water...
Edit: VV, our posts crossed. So you think it'ts supposed to be a tube? I hadn't looked at it that way, though I guess it might be... Keeps getting stranger indeed.