Dance rattle
Nigéria, Yoruba
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Provenance
Lemaire, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsTaille
H: 19,5 cm
B: 20,5 cm
H: 7.7 inch
B: 8.1 inch
Description
brass with patina, consisting of four hollow, partly open worked crescents with rattles, decorated with faces of “eshu” and eight knob-shaped appendages, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of corrosion, base;
such rattles, often called anklets, are used for enthronement and funerals of kings and chiefs. They are often made in pairs.