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Rattle

ca. 400–700
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 684

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Rattle
  • Period: Pre-Columbian
  • Date: ca. 400–700
  • Geography: Mexico
  • Culture: Teotihuacan
  • Medium: Pottery, polychrome
  • Dimensions: 8 1/8 × 2 5/8 × 2 5/8 in. (20.6 × 6.7 × 6.7 cm)
  • Classification: Idiophone-Shaken-rattle
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, and Clara Mertens Bequest, by exchange, 2002
  • Object Number: 2002.185
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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