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Object Number
39-39-50/3607
Display Title
Leg rattles, palm nut shell with 2 wood clappers, fibre attachment (lele)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
lele
Inventory Description
Rattles, nut shells with wooden stick clappers tied together with fiber and hide
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms
Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials
Nutshell, Wood, Vegetable fiber, Hide
Dimensions
Overall: 11.1 x 8.4 x 5.2 cm (4 3/8 x 3 5/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity
7
Label on object
39-39-50/3607
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