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Rattle

100 BC–200 AD?
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Rattle
  • Date: 100 BC–200 AD?
  • Geography: Italy
  • Culture: Italian (Ancient Roman)
  • Medium: bronze
  • Dimensions: D. 4 7/16 × Rod thickness ±1/4 in. (11.2 × ±0.6 cm)
  • Classification: Idiophone-Shaken-rattle
  • Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
  • Object Number: 89.4.1742
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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