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1926.33.5

Rattle

1926.33.5

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Collection type
Object
Description
Rattle
Long description
Rattle made of a frame of hard wood carved in the shape of a woman with a pot on her head, from the bottom of this nutshells are suspended in two rows, the string is threaded through 9 holes on the top row, of these two sets are missing and one only has nuts at one end of string. There are 12 holes on the bottom row, here 3 strings are completely missing, 2 have only one set of nuts. A circle of straw is aroung the centre of the handle above the top row of the nuts, ? to resemble the woman's skirt. [HLR]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Harry Geoffrey Beasley
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1926
Date collected
By 1926
Acquisition information
Donated: 1926
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Nut, Material String, Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Length: max 495 mm, Width: max 240 mm, Height: max 100 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1926.33.5

Search terms: Music, Figure, Musical Instrument, Rattle

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