Description (Physical description)
Wooden turned rattle with two faces with archae eyebrows and geometric carved designs. Filled with ?lead pellets which are falling out. Nine pellets are bagged.
Event Date 27/8/2020
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Acquisition Details)
The acquisition details for this object are unknown. However, a label was found inside the neck of the bottle that reads "Rhodes-Livingstone Museum Craft Village" on one side, and "Merry Christmas. To Miles and Peggy, from Betty and Desmond" on the other. 'Betty and Desmond' are likely Betty and J. Desmond Clark, a married couple who worked at the museum at various points between 1937 and 1961. J. Desmond Clark was the museum's curator and director before WW2, and Betty took over as curator when her husband was away on military service. He returned some time after the war, and eventually they resigned in 1961. It is assumed that they bought this bottle from the museum's shop at some point during this time as a Christmas gift to their friends. The recipients are likely to be Miles and Peggy Burkitt, who may have donated it to the museum. However, this is all speculation.
Event Date 13/12/2022
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff

Context (Production / use)
A label describes this object as a "fat bottle" - it may have been designed for storing fat.
Event Date 13/12/2022
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff

Description (Physical description)
A wooden bottle (.1) filled with lots of metal pellets (.2). The bottle is globular, with a long neck and a truncated conical stopper, and is decorated with incised geometric patterns and two carved faces. The metal pellets are small and spherical, and are likely made from lead.
Event Date 13/12/2022
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff