Rattle
AF234
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
Native Name | Sehgura |
Object Number | AF234 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island |
Culture Area | West Africa |
Section | African |
Materials | Gourd | Cowrie | Snail Shell | Skin |
Description | A bottle-gourd held in a framework of four bands of plaited thong to which are stitched, or from which are hung, cowry shells and large snailshells. |
Length | 36 cm |
Outside Diameter | 14 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900 |
Other Number | I-404 - Seder Number |
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