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Object Number 44-30-70/2264
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 Rattles, twisted fiber cordage, wrapped on wood handles, mutliple shell extensio
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Guam
Additional Geographic Terms Micronesia
Dimensions Overall: 20 x 8 x 3 cm (7 7/8 x 3 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Provenance
Donor Capt. Harlow T. Kays (1944)

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