Nutshell Rattle
Unknown Artist
late 19th century
Medium
Nutshells, fiber
Dimensions
Shells 3/4 inches in diameter (?), Width 1-1/2 in., 13 nut shells tied in two bunches of 6 x 7 each.
Classification
Idiophone-Shaken
Culture
Melanesian
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number
89.4.1494