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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Gourd-Shaped Rattle
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Gourd-Shaped Rattle

Maker Costa Rican, Atlantic Watershed
Date1-500
Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America
MediumCeramic with red slip
Dimensionsheight x diameter: 2 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (6.4 x 4 cm)
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Credit LineGift of Irvin Ebaugh
Object numberC-74-28
Collections
DescriptionSmall rattle in the shape of a gourd, spherical body with stem "cap" on one end, tapering to hooked end. Four small slits punched in wall just below stem cap.
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