Rattle

Museum number:
5-15203
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4428
Description:
rattle; gourd rattle with commercial cotton string netting embellished with many cowries at bottom; ht. ca. 44.5 cm.
Donor:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Joan Wescott
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Calabash [remove] and Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
July 25, 1989
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 44.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Rattle, accession number 5-15203, described as rattle; gourd rattle with commercial cotton string netting embellished with many cowries at bottom; ht. ca. 44.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Rattle, accession number 5-15203, described as rattle; gourd rattle with commercial cotton string netting embellished with many cowries at bottom; ht. ca. 44.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Rattle, accession number 5-15203, described as rattle; gourd rattle with commercial cotton string netting embellished with many cowries at bottom; ht. ca. 44.5 cm.

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