The rattle - škrebetalka
Dušan Trokoz
Zagreb, the beginning of the 20th century

wood
cutting, painting, carving

length of the stick = 27,5 cm
length of the wooden plate (feather) 1 = 22,6 cm
length of the wooden plate (feather) 2 = 20,8 cm

 

Soundtrack: Jana Osmak, playing the described instrument from the museum collection


Et 1637
The Collection of Musical Instruments

Description

The rattle is richly ornamented in carvings. Two wooden feathers hit the shafts on the wooden handle and produce sound.

Audio recordings

sekundarna/fonoteka/2019/az-50_cegrtaljka_-_skrebetalka/1637_cegrtaljka_skrebetalka_zagreb.mp3

Note

The instrument was crafted by Dušan Trokoz from Zagreb, on the basis of a model of a rattle used in villages at that time.