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Object Number 13-16-30/84595
Display Title Baby's rattle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Crab claw rattle, strung on twisted cotton string, broken.
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Arawak
  • Wapishana
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / British Guiana
South America / Guyana
Dimensions Overall: 11.5 x 8.5 x 1.9 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 21
Label on object 84595

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