Noisemaker

Production date
1918
 Description
Wooden handle, mechanism and clacker attached within metal frame. Metal bolts fastened into wood and metal. "WB. LD 1918" engraved on the handle which suggests this was used in WWI trenches as a gas alert rattle. Original provenance notes it was used as a mechanical hand clacker for bird scaring.
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Object detail

Object Type
General
Classification
Rattle/Sound Signaling Device/Sound Communication Devices/Sound Communication T&E/T&E For Communication/Nomenclature
Media/Materials Description
Metal, wood, metal wire
Media and Materials
Wood/General
Metal
Measurements
0 - Whole = Height x Width x Length (mm) = 35 x 180 x 280mm
Object Type
Other title information: Gas Rattle
Subjects
World War, 1914-1918
Accession Number
A2910.1
Other Reference Numbers
EC.61.70
Credit Line
Noisemaker. Nelson Provincial Museum Collection: EC.61.70

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