Tsiitsiito (rattle)
Hiwi Indians
late 19th century
Medium
calabash (Crescentia cujete), wood, curassow feathers (pauxi pauxi), seed and wánali stone
Dimensions
L. 14 15/16 × Diam. 4 3/16 in. (38 × 10.7 cm)
Classification
Idiophone-Shaken-rattle
Culture
Hiwi
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 2004
Accession Number
2004.50
Rights
Public Domain