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Dance rattles
Dance rattles
Dance rattles
DepartmentAsia

Dance rattles

NameRattles
Artist Artist not recorded
DateEarly 20th century
Place madeBig Nambas, Malampa, Vanuatu, Melanesia, Oceania
MediumBancoul nuts, fiber (possibly coconut), fiber (red trade cloth)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.1970.34.9ab
Object numberFA.1970.34.9ab
Collections
DescriptionPair of dance rattles for the legs, of dark brown nuts and fiber with pieces of darkened red trade cloth.
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