The rattle - škrebetaljka
Mala Subotica, 1910
wood (oak)
cutting, carving
length of the stick = 28,5 cm
width = 15,5
Soundtrack: Jana Osmak, playing the described instrument from the museum collection
Et 3649
The Collection of Musical Instruments
The rattle (čegrtaljka) consists of a wooden handle and a shaft on its top part - the frame spins around it.
sekundarna/fonoteka/2019/az-51_skrebetaljka_(mala_subotica)/3649_skrebetaljka_malasubotica.mp3
The instrument had various names across Croatia - čegrtaljka, škrebetalo, škrebetaljka. In some parts of Croatia people also called it a windmill (vjetrenjača), because it was placed in a field or vineyard and attached to a tall pole (stick) in order for the wind to move it so as to produce sound.
Čekalo is very similar to this rattle. Čekalo was installed at mills and set to rattle every time the granary ran empty.
