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Object Number
38-17-70/879
Display Title
Seed dance rattle/ bundle rattle
Descriptions
Object Description
Seed dance rattle/ bundle rattle. Group of seventeen shells suspended on one string per shell; strings conected in a single. central braid.
Inventory Description
Rattle, multiple slotted nuts on vegetable fiber cord, knotted and fringed
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Papua New Guinea
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Port Moresby
Materials
Nut, Vegetable fiber, Nutshell
Dimensions
Overall: 20 x 20 x 11 cm (7 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
38-17-70/879
Provenance
Collector
Mrs. William Harris Arnold
(March 2, 1938)
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