Shell Rattle
Object type: Shell Rattle
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Papua New Guinean (New Ireland)
Date: late 19th century
Medium: nutshell, horn
Dimensions: 4 in. x 2-1/2 in. (In pencil, "L.C. says L. 4-1/2 in., W. 2 in."
Classification: Idiophone-Shaken-rattle
Geography:    New Ireland Papua New Guinea Bismarck Archipelago 
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889