African bottle cap sistrum, or tambourine. The sistrum originated in Egypt as a sacred instrument, it is now used in a variety of ways throughout Africa. This particular example has a long handle with a carving of a woman kneeling down and holding an unknown item, the carved woman has clear facial features with a long forehead, wide open eyes, prominent nose, frowning mouth, and long earlobes, she also has breasts and appears to be wearing either a dress or skirt based on the presence of a line going across the legs, the back of the arms and feet have also been carved. Above the figure there are holes made in the stick in which thinner, curved sticks have been inserted, forming the outside of the sistrum, these sticks appear to be held in place by a purple substance, possibly some kind of wax. Four metal wires have been strung across the circle made by the curved sticks, wrapping around the wider stick in the center for additional support, across this wire 32 flattened metal bottle caps have been strung through holes punched in their centers.