Baobab Rattle
name: label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
label: Region
content: African Region
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: Oblong rattle made in West Africa from baobab fruit for the tourist trade. When the dark brown fruit hardens and the pulp inside dries, the pod is made into a rattle. The stem of the pod is still partially attached and small holes have been drilled in regular intervals over the entire body of the fruit. Around each drill hole are two incised concentric circles, which expose the white flesh of the fruit. There is a small crack near the top of the rattle.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Dec 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: West Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO4074-DSP
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
physicalDescription: label: Material
content: Gourd