Owner: HWMC
Catalog#: AF-IDST-193-14
Sistrums (Rattle)
Kenya Sistrum & Rattle (A)
Kenya
Kenyan
Calabash, wood, seeds, metal
Mid 20th Century
Length: 15 inches
Idiophone – Struck Indirectly – Shaken -Rattle
A Kenya gourd rattle (burned design of an elephant) with flatted metal soda cap disc that serve as the sistrum mounted on a “Y” shape tree limb. Possibly made for the tourist trade.