Rattle made from a wooden shaft and a large fruit shell. [ASh [OPS move] 12/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Rattle made from a wooden shaft and a large fruit shell. [ASh [OPS move] 12/5/2017]
Long description: Rattle made from a wooden shaft with a large fruit shell inserted onto one end. Slits have been cut into the sides of the shell to enable the smaller shells to be heard on the inside. The shell is secured with plant fibre cord. [ASh [OPS move] 12/5/2017]
Geographical reference: Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda; Western Region [Hoima, Kibale, Masindi districts] / Bunyoro-Kitara
Cultural groups: Nyoro
Person: Field collector John Roscoe; Field collector Mackie Ethnological Expedition; PRM source John Roscoe
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1919
Date collected: circa 1919
Acquisition information: Donated: 1921
Materials and processes: Material Plant Fruit Husk, Material Wood Plant, Process Perforated, Process Bound, Process Incised
Dimensions: Length: max 233 mm, Diameter: max 44 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1921.9.119
Research and responses: Rev. John Roscoe The Soul of Central Africa, A General Account of The Mackie Ethnological Expedition, London 1922. Balfour Library Reference : Africa 8
Also: Roscoe The Northern Bantu, Cambridge 1915. Balfour Library Africa 8