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Secere

Main catalogue: 1 calabash rattle: "Sekere" Large spherical calabash with a cylindrical neck covered with loose netting into which cowries are woven. Accompanying instrument for singing.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Yoruba
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 40 cm
Width: 42 cm
Depth: 42 cm
Material/Technique
Calabash, Snail shell (cowrie, Cypraea moneta), Plant material
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 42718

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1971
    where
    Nigeria
    Iseyin
    who
    Yoruba
  • Collecting
    who
    Doig Simmonds - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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