Medicine man's rattle

Medicine man's rattle

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Medicine man's rattle
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Medicine man's rattle, wooden peg-like handle threaded with string of split seed shells and smaller wooden peg, possibly Congolese, 1890-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A92753
Materials:
wood, seedshell and cord
type:
rattle
credit:
Pareyn, H.