- Created by
- Unidentified
- Date
- 1920-1930s
- Medium
- wood , tin and tin alloy
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 16 7/8 × 7 5/16 × 3 in. (42.9 × 18.6 × 7.6 cm)
- Description
- Hand-made wooden sistrum with a single handle at bottom. The instrument is made from a tree limb that is split into a fork. Attached at the top is a smaller branch joining the forks. In the middle of the fork is a wire with five (5) tin can lids with holes punched in the middle to be rattles. There is some flaking of bark off the branch, and the tin rattles are rusting and have sticky accretions.
- Place collected
- St. Mary's, Camden County, Georgia, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
- Classification
- Musical Instruments
- Type
- sistra
- Topic
- Folk (Music)
- Folklife
- Music
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
- Object number
- 2014.312.107
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




