Rattle; a woven reed waistband with numerous split nutshell suspended from the waistband itself; nutshells brown in color. Length ca 100 cm, W. including the nutshells: 7 cm
Donor:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:
Southwest Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Southwest Nigeria; Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Materials:
Nut (shells) and Reed (woven)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
Worn around waist for dancing
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1979-1980 #57: International House (UC Berkeley) (April 11, 1980–April 14, 1980)