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Object Number 49-32-50/8528
Display Title Double-ended wooden rattle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Rattle, carved wood, double headed, wood clappers attached withvegetable fiber
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Dimensions Overall: 25.5 x 5.4 x 4.8 cm (10 1/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-32-50/8528; 5

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