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Object Number 2023.2.25
Display Title Rattle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Rattle made of knotted and twisted cord with halved nutshells
Classification
  • Rattle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Colombian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Colombia
Dimensions Overall: 20 × 14 × 5 cm (7 7/8 × 5 1/2 × 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Jean E. Jackson

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