Rattle

Medium

fruit or nut shells, fiber rope, cord

Dimensions

Rope thickness 3.5 x L. 28cm (1 3/8 x 11in.); Average shell: L.±4.5 x W. 2.5 cm

Classification

Idiophone-Shaken-rattle

Culture

Native American (Brazilian)

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Accession Number

89.4.1453