Rattle

8748

From: Gabon

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 8748
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Fang
Provenience Gabon
Culture Area Central Africa
Section African
Materials Seeds | Skin | Cane (plant)
Description

Fetish. Used by native doctor in incantations, as are also the bell-shaped rattles. With band of hide to which are attached numerous half nuthshells.

Height 16 cm
Width 21 cm
Depth 8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Rev. Dr. Robert Hamill Nassau, 1891

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