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Rattle (Shekere)

Mbunda Figural Rattle

Angola and DRC
Mbunda

Wood and Gourd
ca. Mid-20th century

Height: 12 inches
Idiophone - Struck Indirectly - Shaken

Mbunda - Figural African Tribal Rattle with carved wooden handle and designed punctured holes in the gourd. The Mbunda Kingdom is located in west central Africa, what is now southeast Angola, and the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Possible made for the art market.

 

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Catalog#: AF-IDST-206-23