Rattle Adornment

Yoruba Ogboni Ring-Shaped Rattle

Nigeria
Yoruba

Brass
ca. Late 19th / Early 20th Century

Width: 7.25 inches
Idiophone - Struck Indirectly - Shaken

A very old, rare artifact (dance rattle) from the Yoruba people consisting of the lost wax cast of copper alloy. This ring-shaped rattle has four pods that contain the rattle of which two are decorated with a chased pattern and the other two with a cast pattern. In between each pod is a masculine face which can be seen in the picture. There are diamond shaped openings on the top, bottom and inner side of the pods.

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Catalog#: AF-IDST-248-30

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