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Object Number 11-43-30/83028
Display Title Gourd rattles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Rattles, gourd on wood handle, spike of blue/red feathers on ends, tied with str
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Arawak
  • Wapishana
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / British Guiana
South America / Guyana
Dimensions Overall: 42 x 8 x 8 cm (16 9/16 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 83028
Provenance
Collector Rev. John W. Ogilvie (1910 - 1911)

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