Cross Rivers, Oyo Nigeria
Igbo

Rattan, seeds, calabash 
Mid-Late 20th Century
Length: 9.5 inches
Idiophone – Struck Indirectly – Shaken -Rattle

A basketry woven rattle of rattan fiber from the Igbo people of Nigeria.  The round bottom is traditionally cut from a dried gourd.  This is an indirectly struck idiophone and is played along with other Igbo idiophones such as the ‘ekwe,’ (slit drum).  It is used as a musical instrument and contributes to the Igbo traditional polyrhythmic style of music.