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Object Number
39-39-50/3609
Display Title
Leg rattles, palm nut with 2 wood clappers, leather attachment, lele
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
lele
Inventory Description
Rattles, nut shells with wood clappers, hide and knotted vegetable fiber straps
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, Hide, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 13.4 x 8.1 x 5.2 cm (5 1/4 x 3 3/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
39-39-50/3609
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