Ceremonial Rattle

late 19th–early 20th century

Not on view

Rattle of gold-washed silver, hung with small pellet bells and crowned with bird forms. This rattle was shaken during the Zar, a therapeutic ceremony to contact a spirit that possesses a women. Drums are also used during the ceremony which is chiefly practiced in southern Egypt and the Sudan.

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Title: Ceremonial Rattle
Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Geography: Cairo?, Egypt
Culture: Egyptian
Medium: Gold-washed silver
Dimensions: L. 15 13/16 × Handle Diam. 13/16 in. (40.1 × 2 cm)
Classification: Idiophone-Shaken-jingle
Credit Line: Purchase, The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, by exchange, 1977
Object Number: 1977.417
Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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