rattle-staff
- Museum number
- Af1999,01.69
- Description
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Iron rattle-staff. Narrow tapering shaft with hollow gong at top pierced around edge and fitted with iron rings to which are attached strips of leather. One leather strip is threaded with cowrie shells. Below gong is upturned iron hook. Gong encrusted with soil.
- Production date
- 1970s
- Dimensions
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Height: 155.20 centimetres
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Width: 26 centimetres
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Depth: 12 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair.
- Acquisition date
- 1999
- Acquisition notes
- From the bequest of W B Fagg. See comment on Af1999,01.1.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1999,01.69