Title: Nutshell Rattle
Object type: Nutshell Rattle
Date: late 19th century
Culture: Melanesian (Vanuatuan)
Medium: Nutshells {pangium edule), 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
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Geography:     Vanuatu      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY