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Object type
musical instrument > idiophone > cattle bell / small bell
Materials
vegetal fibre, fruit
Legend
This ankle rattle is an example of recycling or what you could call ecologically sound musical instrument building avant la lettre. Hard seed pods attached to a plaited rope are efficient noise-makers.
Place of collecting
Democratic Republic of the Congo > Province Orientale > Aruwimi & Uele > Uele
Culture
Mangbetu
Acquisition related person
Armand Joseph Oscar Hutereau (°1875 - †1914), as donor
Date of acquisition
1912-10-30
Dimensions
51,5 cm
Inventory number
MO.0.0.10223-2
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