Rattle with handle carved with dragon and flowers

Made:: 1850-1920 in Japan

Wood and brass rattle, handle carved with dragon(?) and flowers

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Wood and brass rattle, handle carved with dragon(?) and flowers
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Wood and brass rattle, handle carved with dragon(?) and flowers, Japanese, 1850-1920

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Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A198572

Materials:: wood, brass and complete

Measurements:: overall: 249 mm x 46 mm x 21 mm,
ring: 36 mm,

type:: rattle

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Rattle with handle carved with dragon and flowers

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