Rattle: The 62 cocoons are pierced top and bottom for the two lengths of string which holds the whole together. A hide band has been tied on at the joining point of the strings, one string is loose. [HLR]

Collection type: Object
Description: Rattle: The 62 cocoons are pierced top and bottom for the two lengths of string which holds the whole together. A hide band has been tied on at the joining point of the strings, one string is loose. [HLR]
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa; Unknown
Cultural groups: Nguni; Xhosa
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Robert Bruce Napoleon Walker; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1875
Date collected: By 1875 Oct 14
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Insect Cocoon, Material Stone, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material String, Process Perforated, Process Threaded, Process Tied, Process Strung
Dimensions: Height: max 40 mm, Length: max 350 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.110.19 Other numbers: 129.C.8 ?
Research and responses: Page 121 of Accession Book IV suggests that objects dated 14.12.75 are part of the RBN Walker collection ['Additional Accession Book IV entry - Those objects dated 14.12.75 = RBN Walker coll - v seq Magic No 3327 and others Africa and top page 147'. The date of this object does seem to confirm that this might be a RBN Walker object. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

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