Description

Terracotta rattle in the shape of an animal. Animal has a long narrow body, rounded, with a thick tail that curves slightly at the tip. The head is long and quite flat, with eyes set high and a snout with large indented nostrils and a wide mouth. Four short, wide feet support the object. The rattle is decorated extensively with black lines circling tail, neck and legs, emphasizing facial features, and in rectangles across the torso. Holes are bored into the instrument on both sides of the neck, at mid-stomach, and under the tail. A soft rattling sound is made when the rattle is moved.