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.

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