rattle

Ornament, rattle made of shell, human jawbone, string, seeds, seedcases, vegetable fibre. Fibre suspension cord of twisted fibre extends from centre of jawbone, to which the ovula cowrie shell is secured. Jawbone has eight teeth in place, and three wooden pegs join either end of the bone. Extending from the wooden pegs are long strings of coix seeds, the ends of which are decorated with seedcases.