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Rattle

human history
  • Description

    This rattle is made from a whole niu (coconut shell) encased by natural-coloured lau fa (pandanus) with a short suspension loop attached to the top in the same material. The fine strips of pandanus around the niu are woven in a sia (open work coiling) technique. Small items inside the coconut shell emit the rattling noise when shaken.

  • Place
    Niue
  • Accession Number
    1969.94
  • Accession Date
    24 Apr 1969
  • Other Id

    41292 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • rattle, 1969.94, 41292, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 15 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • rattle, 1969.94, 41292, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 15 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • rattle, 1969.94, 41292, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 15 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • rattle, 1969.94, 41292, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 15 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • rattle, 1969.94, 41292, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 15 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • rattle, 1969.94, 41292, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 15 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • rattle, 1969.94, 41292, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 15 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • rattle, 1969.94, 41292, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 15 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply

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