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Silambu
An oval-shaped, dance anklet rattle made of a hollow tubular piece of brass having small ball pellets inside that slide along the tube and rattle. The tube has narrow slit throughout with saw-toothed edges, and a cast snake head at one end of the major axis.
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1850–1950 - Maker:
- Collection:
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum - Inventory number:
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India - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:112.13 Vessel rattles
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- Decorative elements:Cast snake head at one end of major axis.
- Inscriptions:
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:112.13 Vessel rattles
- Repository:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
- Measurements:Length: 205mm; Width: 100mm; Height: 55mm