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Rattle (Shekere)

Dogon Brass Rattle

Mali
Dogon

Brass
ca. Mid-20th century

Height: 5 inches
Idiophone - Struck Indirectly - Shaken

Dogon brass openwork (lantern-shaped) rattle from Mali. Depicts an ancestor sitting on his knees with stones inside the open rib structure.

 

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Catalog#: AF-IDST-184-27