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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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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Yoruba
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 40 x 42 x 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

when
1971
where
Nigeria [Land]
Iseyin [Stadt]
who
Yoruba

who
Doig Simmonds - Collectors

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