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Object Number 53-47-30/7530
Display Title Gourd rattles with wooden handles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Gourd rattles, incised geometric design with wooden handles and fiber ties.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1953
Culture
  • Makuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Colombia
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Kananari
Dimensions Overall: 40.5 x 11.1 x 10.5 cm (15 15/16 x 4 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 53-47-30/7530
Credit Line Gift of Dr. Richard E. Schultes, 1953
Provenance
Collector Dr. Richard Evans Schultes (Spring 1953)
Donor Donated by Dr. Richard Evans Schultes (October 1953)

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