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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 477707, member: 2844&quot;]Welcome to the forum, louri.</p><p><br /></p><p>My first was North Africa<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> and yes, it is a rattle. Given the size, it seems too big for a baby&#039;s rattle.</p><p>Whereabouts did you find it, louri? That could be a clue to the origin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it could have something to do with a healing ritual which involves ritual dance and/or music. There are religious healers (mainly Sufi) and travelling groups (often Gypsies) that practice healing rituals like that in both the Middle East and North Africa.</p><p>With the advance of modern medicine these rituals are slowly vanishing, so info is hard to find. In Algeria travelling Gypsy healing women are called Adasiya, maybe that is a term to research.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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