Rattle

Maker
Unknown Maker
Description
A rattle made of a small gourd with a cylindrical wooden handle. The gourd has four evenly spaced vertical rows of small holes and is dyed a light yellow. The handle is decorated with three bands of patterning etched or burnt into the wood. The rattle is lightweight and contains seeds of some description.
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Maker
Media/Materials
Wooden gourd, sooden handle and seeds[?].
Production place
Tanzania
Collection
Tanzanian Collection/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1975/81/14

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