Object class: Musical rattles / Collection place: Africa / Function: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Musical rattles Collection place Africa Function 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 5-4334a, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 5-4334b, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 5-2622, described as Hand rattle; length of wood with coiled root splits forming hollow ball on each end; each rattle container bean and corn; overall length 13 inches.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattles, accession number 5-4334a,b, described as Conical rattles (Gofshgotshe'e) of twined cordage; stitched to base of round section of calabash; disconnected pair; height each circa 18 cm. Made and used by women and girls for dances at festivals, hudok, funerals, etc. to give the dancers their cadence; held in hands or fastened below knee. Collected 8/2/1964.