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Object Number 22-2-50/B2936.2
Display Title Rattle; made from hornbill skull & beak; beak tied shut w/veg. fiber cord
Descriptions
Object Description Rattle; made from hornbill skull & beak; beak tied shut w/veg. fiber cord
Inventory Description Rattle, made from hornbill skull and beak, beak tied shut w/vegetable fiber cord
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 17.6 x 9.5 x 5.2 cm (6 15/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 22-2-50/B2936.2

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