Description (Labels & Markings)
Label adhered to base of rattle reads: '563 | Enugu | 367 / Rattle (uyo), of basket-work.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 14223[.1-2]: 'Rattle used with drum, two baskets, handles joined [different hand] There are two rattles - one a double wickerwork basket the other single - bearing this number'.

Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria. [T.Cotterill]

Event Date 7/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
The 2nd Thomas Catalogue, p.15, notes numbers 354-376 as Enugu. [R.Hand]

Event Date 4/9/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Conical basketwork rattle with ?broken handle. The base of the rattle is a gourd disc, upon which a cone has been woven with cane strips. Several distinct weaving techniques are used. At the top of the cone, the cane is split into two bundles. The wrapping round the handle is coming loose and it appears incomplete. There is a small area which appears to have feathers stuck to it. There are nuts or seeds inside the rattle.
Event Date 4/10/2018
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Amendments / updates)
Record updated as part of the Museum Affordances project 2018-2020

Event Date 4/10/2018
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Uyo. Conical rattle of a contrasting stake-and-strand and loose weave toward the apex, with a gourd disc base and coiled dual stake handle. There are traces of feather upon the exterior. Inside are loose seeds. Handle shows signs of damage.
Event Date 22/10/2021
Author: Jane Pettitt