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Object Number 98-3-50/51303
Display Title Dance rattle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Rattle, carved wood, double-bell shapes, cracked, fiber cord holding clappers
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Congo River?
Dimensions Overall: 11.2 x 3.5 x 3.1 cm (4 7/16 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 98-3-50/51303

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