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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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