Calabash dance rattle

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Object Number 07-23-30/72071

Display Title Calabash dance rattle

Descriptions

Inventory Description Rattle, gourd with black geometric design, on wooden handle, cracked

Classification

Percussion

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

South America / Dutch Guiana
South America / Suriname

Materials Gourd, Wood

Dimensions Overall: 27 x 11.3 cm (10 5/8 x 4 7/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 72071

Provenance

Collector Katherine Mayo (1906 - 1907)

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