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Pellet bells; aengsi

Place of production:
Date of production:
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Rattle

Place of production:
Date of production:
Collection:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Crotal

Place of production:Peru
Date of production:200 BCE - 600 CE
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Crotal

Place of production:Luristan
Date of production:first millennium BCE
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Crotals

Place of production:Cambridgeshire
Date of production:
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Crotal

Place of production:Panama
Date of production:mid-11th century
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Crotal

Place of production:Japan
Date of production:
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Sekere

Place of production:Bahia, Brazil
Date of production:1800–1856
Collection:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Rattle

Place of production:Nigeria
Date of production:
Collection:University of Aberdeen Museums

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Rattle

Place of production:Congo
Date of production:before 1958
Collection:University of Aberdeen Museums

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Rattle

Place of production:Nigeria
Date of production:before 1915
Collection:University of Aberdeen Museums

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Rolling rattle

Place of production:Probably England
Date of production:
Collection:Kirklees Museums and Galleries

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Crotals

Place of production:Kenya
Date of production:before 1913
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Crotals

Place of production:West Africa
Date of production:
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Rattle

Place of production:Peru
Date of production:19th century
Collection:Warrington Museum

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Crotals

Place of production:Aldbourne (Timezone: Europe/London)
Date of production:probably 19th century
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Crotal

Place of production:Uganda
Date of production:19th century
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Crotals

Place of production:India
Date of production:19th century
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Crotals

Place of production:India
Date of production:19th century
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Crotals

Place of production:India
Date of production:19th century
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Crotale

Place of production:North West Frontier, Pakistan
Date of production:19th century
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Leg rattle (magavhu)

Place of production:Zimbabwe
Date of production:1850–1892
Collection:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Maracas

Place of production:Uaupés River, Brazil (Colombia?)
Date of production:1850–1864
Collection:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Vessel rattle

Place of production:Argentina
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Saffron Walden Museum

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Rattle

Place of production:Melanesia, Papua New Guinea
Date of production:1850–98
Collection:University of Aberdeen Museums

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Rattle

Place of production:Africa (?)
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Rattle

Place of production:Nigeria
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Dance rattle

Place of production:Sri Lanka
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Dance rattle

Place of production:Rajasthan, India
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Bell

Place of production:Europe (?)
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Rattle

Place of production:Africa (?)
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Rattle

Place of production:Africa
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Musambo

Place of production:Angola
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Rattle

Place of production:India or West Africa (?)
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Rattle

Place of production:Malaysia (?)
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Rattle

Place of production:Malaysia (?)
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Silambu

Place of production:India
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Bell

Place of production:Asia (?)
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Bells

Place of production:Europe (?)
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Bell

Place of production:Europe (?)
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Rush rattle

Place of production:Isle of Man
Date of production:late 19th / early 20th century
Collection:Manx National Heritage

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Crotal

Place of production:Akikuyu
Date of production:late 19th or early 20th century
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Crotals

Place of production:East Africa
Date of production:late 19th or early 20th century
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Crotal

Place of production:East Africa
Date of production:late 19th or early 20th century
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Crotals

Place of production:Egypt
Date of production:late 19th or early 20th century
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Crotals

Place of production:Palestine
Date of production:late 19th or early 20th century
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Crotal

Place of production:Japan
Date of production:late 19th or early 20th century
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Rattle

Place of production:Africa
Date of production:1870–4
Collection:National Army Museum

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Sir Henry Irving bells

Place of production:United Kingdom
Date of production:1870–1905
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Maraca

Place of production:Malaysia
Date of production:1880–91
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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Rattle

Place of production:Uganda
Date of production:
Collection:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Leg rattle

Place of production:Uganda
Date of production:c.1905
Collection:Saffron Walden Museum

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Leg rattle

Place of production:Uganda
Date of production:1900–12
Collection:Saffron Walden Museum

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Maracas

Place of production:Brazil
Date of production:before 1934
Collection:Warrington Museum

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Maracas

Place of production:Guyana
Date of production:before 1921
Collection:Warrington Museum

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Crotals

Place of production:Kumasi (Timezone: Africa/Accra)
Date of production:
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Crotal

Place of production:China
Date of production:1900-1950
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Rattle

Place of production:Papua New Guinea
Date of production:
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Crotals

Place of production:Ivory Coast
Date of production: before 1960
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Sleigh bells

Place of production:France, Western Europe, Europe
Date of production:circa 1920
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Rain machine.

Place of production:
Date of production:Circa 1920
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Rattle

Place of production:Cameroon
Date of production:1925–32
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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Dance stick rattles

Place of production:Cameroon
Date of production:1925–32
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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Rattle

Place of production:Cameroon
Date of production:1925–32
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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Rattle

Place of production:Belinda Hills, Mongalla, Central Equitoria (state), South Sudan
Date of production:1925–33
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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Pair of Maracas.

Place of production:Britain (?)
Date of production:Circa 1935
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Rattle

Place of production:Caconda (Timezone: Africa/Luanda)
Date of production:
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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Rattle

Place of production:Caconda (Timezone: Africa/Luanda)
Date of production:1930–7
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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Rattle

Place of production:Caconda (Timezone: Africa/Luanda)
Date of production:1930–7
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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Maraca

Place of production:Possibly Mexico
Date of production:mid 20th century
Collection:International Anthony Burgess Foundation

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Crotal

Place of production:China
Date of production:1934
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Vessel rattle; chekere

Place of production:Matanzas (Timezone: America/Havana)
Date of production:circa 1940
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Vessel rattles

Place of production:
Date of production:circa 1958
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Vessel rattles

Place of production:
Date of production:circa 1958
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Gourd rattles; pair.

Place of production:Acooli or West Nile/Uganda
Date of production:Circa 1965
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Reed box rattle. Reed box rattle.

Place of production:Southern Uganda/Uganda
Date of production:Circa 1965||Circa 1965
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Vessel rattles

Place of production:Mbabane (Timezone: Africa/Mbabane)
Date of production:circa 1970
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Vessel rattle

Place of production:Papua New Guinea
Date of production:
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Crotal

Place of production:USA
Date of production: circa 1982
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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vessel rattle

Place of production:
Date of production:circa 1994
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Rattle

Place of production:Cameroon
Date of production:1990–1995
Collection:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Sonaja

Place of production:Chihuahua (Timezone: America/Mexico_City)
Date of production:1990–1997
Collection:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Leg rattle

Place of production:Zimbabwe
Date of production:1990–2001
Collection:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Leg rattle

Place of production:Zimbabwe
Date of production:1990–2001
Collection:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Leg rattle

Place of production:Zimbabwe
Date of production:1990–2001
Collection:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Rattle

Place of production:Zimbabwe
Date of production:1990–2001
Collection:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Rattle

Place of production:Zimbabwe
Date of production:1990–2001
Collection:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Crotal

Place of production:Punjab
Date of production:circa 2000
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Seed pod shaker

Place of production:Peru
Date of production:2000–2009
Collection:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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