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Object Number 29-76-50/H951
Display Title Basketry rattle with handle
Descriptions
Object Description Basketry rattle composed of plant fibers. It has a plaited pyramidal shaped body that is fastened to a gourd base, containing seeds or small stones; and a long handle with a loop at the top made up of a wrapped bundle of plant fibers. The rattle is dressed with strips of palm leafs which are aligned and knoted in a line and wrapped bwteeen the handle and the body. Six holes have been carved into the gourd base. Identifying numbers: A Peabody Museum catalogue number has been appled to the gourd base in red ink.
Inventory Description Rattle, conical basket with long fiber-wrapped handle, looped end, fiber fringe.
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mano
  • Dan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 52 x 38 x 28 cm (20 1/2 x 14 15/16 x 11 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object H951
Provenance
Collector George Schwab (1927 - 1929)

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