Rattle
This rodent-shaped rattle is one of a few surviving instruments of the Taíno people of the northern Caribbean, who were decimated by diseases introduced by the Spanish colonists. Used for ceremonial purposes, it has four large wood pellets within its chamber.
Artwork Details
- Title: Rattle
- Period: Pre-Columbian
- Date: 900–1550
- Geography: Dominican Republic
- Culture: Taino
- Medium: Wood
- Dimensions: 12 1/2 × 3 × 3 in. (31.8 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm)
- Classification: Idiophone-Shaken-rattle
- Credit Line: Purchase, Amati Gifts, 2008
- Object Number: 2008.104
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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