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Object Number 98-3-50/51309.4
Display Title Rattles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Rattle, 2 seed pods, 1perforated with cloth in hole, seed rattlers, wood stick
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Congo River, probably
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 5.2 x 5.3 cm (13 3/8 x 2 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 98-3-50/51309.4

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Rattles
98-3-50/51309.1 Rattles
Percussion
Africa
Rattles
98-3-50/51309.2 Rattles
Percussion
Africa
Rattles
98-3-50/51309.3 Rattles
Percussion
Africa
Rattle made from seed pod
98-3-50/51307 Rattle made from seed pod
Percussion
Africa
Rattle, handle missing
98-3-50/51285 Rattle, handle missing
Percussion
Africa
Rattles
98-3-50/51309.5 Rattles
Percussion
Africa
Witch doctor's rattle
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Percussion
Angola
Seed pod rattle
65-46-50/10784 Seed pod rattle
Percussion
Angola
Dance rattle - wooden stick with pod(?) rattles
37-105-50/3197 Dance rattle - wooden stick with pod(?) rattles
Percussion
Africa
Basket rattles
20-29-50/B2209 Basket rattles
Percussion
Cameroon
Rattle used by women in divination
40-66-50/5121 Rattle used by women in divination
Raw Material
Percussion
Angola
Rattles, splint
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Percussion
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