Rattle
Object type: Rattle
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Native American (Brazilian)
Date: 19th century
Medium: fruit or nut shells, fiber rope, cord
Dimensions: Rope thickness 3.5 x L. 28cm (1 3/8 x 11in.); Average shell: L.±4.5 x W. 2.5 cm
Classification: Idiophone-Shaken-rattle
Geography:     Brazil Upper Amazon 
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889