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Kayamba
This instrument was collected in the field by Diana Powell-Cotton. It is a raft rattle made of two panels of porcupine quills bound together with plaited cotton twine, having small white seeds inside. The panels are framed with bamboo.
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1925–35 - Maker:
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Powell-Cotton Museum - Inventory number:
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Chovaye Island, Bajuni Islands, Jabbada Hoose (region), Somalia - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:112.1 Shaken idiophones or rattles
- Culture:Bajuni
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:112.1 Shaken idiophones or rattles
- Repository:Powell-Cotton Museum
- Measurements:Length: 235mm; Width: 180mm; Depth: 28mm