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Object Number 990-5-50/12165
Display Title Rattle
Descriptions
Object Description Rattle
Inventory Description Gourd rattle with carved wooden handle, perforated, incised, pigmented.
Classification
  • Percussion
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tutsi?
  • Hutu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Rwanda / Butare
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 11.5 x 11.4 cm (10 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 990-5-50/12165, 1.763c
Provenance
Collector Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)
Donor Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)

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