Medicine man's rattle
- Made:
- 1871-1920 in South Africa
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Medicine man's rattle, eight copper bells attached to carved wooden handle painted red, leather strap attached for suspension, Kaffir tribe, South Africa, 1871-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657917
- Materials:
- copper and wood, handle
- Measurements:
-
overall: length 265 mm
handle: length 222 mm
handle, max.: diameter 30 mm
bell: diameter 20 mm
- type:
- rattle
