Kenya
Kenyan

Gourd, wood, seeds, metal, goat hair
Mid-Late 20th Century
Length: 17.75 in; Width: 6.5 in; Depth: 3.5 in; Gourd: 3.75 in x 3.5 in
Idiophone – Struck Indirectly – Shaken -Rattle

A Kenya gourd rattle with flatted metal soda cap discs that serve as the sistrums mounted by wire in two rows on a “Y” shaped tree limb that is  inserted into a small gourd (possibly Matamba fruit shell) that has burnt geometric designs.  Animal hair trims the connection between the stem of the limb and the gourd.  This rattle resembles the ancient sistrum rattles found in Egypt.  It show usage and age.