Native Name | Sehgura |
Object Number | AF238A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Sierra Leone |
Culture Area | West Africa |
Section | African |
Materials | Gourd | Fiber | Seeds |
Description | Rattle made of a gourd, the globular part covered with a wide-meshed netting of cord on which are strung a number of seeds. With this belongs a flat paddle-shaped wooden object with which, apparently, the rattle was struck. The Sehgura is used by Bundu women. |
Length | 35 cm |
Outside Diameter | 13 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900 |
Other Number | I-738 - Seder Number |
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