rattle
- Museum number
- Am1978,15.246
- Description
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Rattle (matraca in Spanish); carved from wood; handle consists of stick with cog attached near end; piece of wood attached perpendicular to handle, with flap resting on cog, burnt with circles around edge.
- Production date
- 1970s
- Dimensions
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Length: 21.50 centimetres
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Width: 2.50 centimetres
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Depth: 20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Easter rattle; people used to sound them after the resurrection during Holy Week; also used during Las Fiestas Patrias on September 15-16.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1977-1978, London, Horniman Museum
- Acquisition date
- 1978
- Acquisition notes
- Objects collected during the 1970s by Chloë Sayer and Marcos Ortiz. They were exhibited in 1977-1978 at the Horniman Museum, and later acquired by the British Museum.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1978,15.246