Rattle ("baketse")

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Object Number 40-24-50/5099

Display Title Rattle ("baketse")

Descriptions

Object Description Rattle ("baketse") - 2 nut shells(?) filled with shot(?), connected by iron chain

Inventory Description Rattle, 2 spherical seed pods (?), wood plugs, chain link tether, both cracked

Classification

Percussion

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Mundu

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Belgian Congo

Materials Seed pod?, Nutshell, Metal, Wood

Dimensions Overall: 18.4 x 4.7 x 4.6 cm (7 1/4 x 1 7/8 x 1 13/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 40-24-50/5099

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