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Rattle
Museum number:
5-16730
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016730
Alternate number:
516730
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
dance rattle bracelet/anklet composed of half seed pods strung on twine (1-4 per strand) attached to a woven and knotted band which ends in a loop at one end and a braided tie at the other. seeds are sepia brown. twine is probably sisel.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Western Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Dance rattle
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 45 centimeters and width 8.5 centimeters
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