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Rattle in the Form of a Mythological Figure

650–800
Ceramic and pigment

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Many of the hollow interiors of mold-made Jaina figurines were transformed into rattles or whistles. As musical instruments, they may have been played during the funerary ceremonies of the deceased whom they accompanied into the afterlife.

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