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Pottery Rattle

600–900
Not on view
Rattle in the shape of a female effigy.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pottery Rattle
  • Period: late classic Maya (Pre-Columbian)
  • Date: 600–900
  • Geography: Campeche Coast, Mexico
  • Culture: Mayan
  • Medium: clay
  • Dimensions: 16.5cm x 12.5cm x 7cm
  • Classification: Idiophone-Shaken-rattle
  • Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
  • Object Number: 89.4.1273
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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