rattle;
leg-ornament
- Museum number
- Am1932,1111.3
- Description
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Rattle, man's ornament (upper leg) made of tortoise shell (carapace), feathers, wood, string.
- Dimensions
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Length: 30 centimetres
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Width: 17 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Donor, R.G.Pettiward collected these objects on an expedition to find the missing explorer Col.Percy Fawcett who disappeared in 1925 while crossing a tributary of the Amazon. Eth Doc 1359 contains newspaper cuttings of the search expeditions
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1932
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1932,1111.3