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Stick Rattle 2
Stick Rattle 2
Instrument TitleStick Rattle 2
Instrument ID282.00
Country/areaGhana
West Africa
Africa
Hornbostel-Sachs class112.112
KeywordStick Rattle; Rattle
DescriptionOne of a pair of stick rattles of West African origin (probably part of the Ghanaian collection acquired by the Ethnomusicology Division in 1979). It is made of a single piece of stained wood and consists of a (nearly) straight handle piece and a narrower piece which branches off at approximately a 45-degree. The narrower piece holds 13 gourd discs ranging from 2 1/4" (5.7 cm) to 3 3/8" (8.5 cm) in diameter and approximately 1/4" thick. Each disc has notched edges colored blue and incised (burned?) lines radiating out from the center hole on the top surfaces. The underside of each disc contains more of the blue coloring (paint or chalk?). The discs are kept on the stick by a knot of string tied to the lower end..
This rattle is the smaller of the pair: the handle length is 20 5/8" (52.5 cm), and the disc bearer length is approximately 14" (35.5 cm)
DimensionsHandle length: 20 5/8" (52.5 cm)
Disc bearer length: 14" (35.5 cm) (approx.)
ConditionGood
Digital CollectionEthnomusicology Musical Instrument Archive
Image No.xfi_282a.jpg
Contact InfoFor further information contact: Archivist, University ofWashington Ethnomusicology Division, School of Music Box353450, Seattle, WA 98195; (206) 543-0974
CopyrightThis Musical Instrument database is intended for educational and instructional use; if you cite or download images or text, please acknowledge the University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives; downloading of audio and video examples is prohibited.
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
TypeImage
Digital reproduction fieldPhotographed with digital camera (JPG image); processed using Photoshop (resized to 550 pixels, quality level 5, label added)
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