Locust Rattle
2003-31-96
From: Philippine Islands | Luzon | Manila
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 2003-31-96 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands | Luzon | Manila |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bamboo | Wood |
| Description | Rattle to frighten away locusts. Large bamboo tube, septum at each end. Cut-out hole with wood ratchet, attached to wood handle for turning. Plaited peel rings around both ends. Split at end near ratchet. Exhibited at the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, St. Louis 1904. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1993.X.1763 - Other Number | 44962 - Other Number |
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