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Rod rattle (fertility spell)

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Entry in the historical main catalogue: "5 stick rattles, consisting of perforated ornamental gourd shells, each with a continuous wooden stick for magical purposes" Index card: "belongs to fertility spells etc."

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Diameter: 5 cm
Length: 22 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Pumpkin (ornamental), Leather , Plant fibres
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 43850 b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Angola
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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