- Created by
- Unidentified
- Date
- 1920-1930s
- Medium
- wood , tin and tin alloy
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 16 3/4 × 6 7/8 × 1 5/8 in. (42.5 × 17.5 × 4.1 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 are two (2) rows of flattened bottle caps created with strung wire. The bottom row of rattles has five (5) caps and the top row of rattles has seven (7) caps. There is some flaking of the bark, and the bottle caps 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
- 2014.312.108
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




