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Dance rattles
Object Number 22-2-50/B3025
Display Title Dance rattles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Rattles, basketry heads filled with unknown material, carved wooden handles.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Fiber, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 84 x 15 x 13 cm (33 1/16 x 5 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object B3025

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