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Dance rattle
This is a dance rattle made with silk moth cocoons filled with small seeds, and strung together with cord of vegetable fibers. Rather than being used as a belt, the long strip is usually looped around the ankles several times.
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1850–1950 - Maker:
- Collection:
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum - Inventory number:
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Southern Africa - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:112.111 Strung rattles
- Culture:Bushmen
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:112.111 Strung rattles
- Repository:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
- Measurements:Length: 2000mm; Width: 35mm