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Object Number
99-12-30/53225
Display Title
Medicine man's rattle (marakka)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Percussion instrument, gourd with sound hole on a wooden stick
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
British Guiana
South America / Guyana
South America / Guyana
Materials
Gourd, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 58 x 15.5 x 16 cm (22 13/16 x 6 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53225
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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