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Ratchet.

Technical description: Wooden; toothed wheel fixed to handle; single blade, length 110, fixed to frame; played by either holding handle and whirling or holding frame and turning handle. Repair History: Tongue is not original.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:112.24 Scraped wheels or cog rattles
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:200