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Leg rattle
This instrument was collected in the field by Miss A. M. Morris, around 1910, and is used as a leg ornament during dances. It is a banana-shaped, vessel rattle made of folded iron with two balls/pellets trapped inside, and a strap made of wound canvas cloth of natural and dark blue colours.
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c.1905 - Maker:
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Saffron Walden Museum - Inventory number:
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Uganda - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:112.13 Vessel rattles
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:112.13 Vessel rattles
- Repository:Saffron Walden Museum
- Measurements:Length: 95mm