Title: Unknown
Item Type: Seed pod rattle
Key Words: Rattle, seed pods, musical instrument
Descriptions:
Long plaited raffia rattle with seed pod cases. The sixteen pairs of seed pods are attached with raffia to the long raffia twine.
Function: Musical instrument
Dimensions: 89cm x 2cm
Materials: Seed pods, raffia, twine
Production Methods and Techniques: Unknown
Condition: Poor/damaged.
Provenance
Name of Creator: Unknown
Where the item was created/made: Unknown
Date made: Unknown
Acquisition:
Unknown, but it was likely obtained by a PhD student of a member of staff at the University of Edinburgh during fieldwork and was then donated to the University of Edinburgh’s Social Anthropology Teaching Collection, where the Social Anthropology Department now has ownership. The nature of the acquisition is unknown.
Acquisition Date: Unknown, but likely pre-1980s.
Current Location:
5th floor of Chrystal MacMillan Building on display.
General Notes
Other Associations:
There is a likely link to object SA014 in the collection, forming a whole rattle.
Name of Cataloguer: Astrid Everall
Date: 09/03/2025
Accession number: SA041