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Double dance rattle
Object Number 27-35-50/B4309
Display Title Double dance rattle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Rattle, double headed, basketry, filled with unknown items
Classification
  • Percussion
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern; Sakbayeme Region
Materials Vegetable material, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 33 x 13.7 x 12.4 cm (13 x 5 3/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B4309
Provenance
Collector George Schwab (1926 - 1927)
Donor George Schwab (1926 - 1927)

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