Labels:animal | bulletin board | fence | hakham | sky | trade name OCR: FACTS BoX NAME: RATTLE DRUM FAMILY Percussion PERCUSSION MA TERIAL: Wooden frame with skin heads and rattling pellets commonly seeds or maize kernels SIZE 18im (46 cm) long ORIGINS: The ratte drum Native American instrument. Since prehistoric times the ratle drum has been played b GOTOMAE the Plains Indians during fertilin rites, W hich were designed to promote the growth of corn CLASSIFICATION: Membranophone: an instrument that produces itx sound by the vibration of a stretched skin DID YOU KNOW? Many of the Native American rattle drums and rattles are so beautifully 'and elegantly decorated that they are widely regarded as obiects of art in their own right. rattline cormmonly Natiwe TOMAP fertiliy