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Rattles - cowrie shells attached by twisted fiber to wooden handle +
Rattles - cowrie shells attached by twisted fiber to wooden handle +
Object Number 44-30-70/2264.1
Display Title Rattles - cowrie shells attached by twisted fiber to wooden handle +
Descriptions
Object Description Rattles - cowrie shells attached by twisted fiber to wooden handle +
Inventory Description Rattle, wood handle covered w/twisted vegetable fiber strings w/cowries at ends
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Guam
Additional Geographic Terms Micronesia
Materials Vegetable fiber, Wood, Cowrie
Dimensions Overall: 22.8 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm (9 x 2 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 44-30-70/2264
Provenance
Donor Capt. Harlow T. Kays (1944)

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