Leg rattle
- Museum number:
- 3-3167a
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm2103003167a
- Accession number:
- Acc.656
- Description:
- Cocoon rattle worn around leg from knee to ankle by dancers among both Mayo and Yaqui; Cocoons are from "Rothschildia jorulla" moth; L 23 feet.
- Donor:
- Mary S. Johnson
- Collection place:
- Sonora, Mexico
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Mexico; Sonora; near Chucarit; Mayo or Yaqui
- Culture or time period:
- Mayo
- Collector:
- Ralph L. Beals
- Collection date:
- 1931
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Rattles (indirectly struck idiophones)
- Function:
- 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
- Accession date:
- 1931
- Department:
- Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
- Loans:
- S1966-1967 #2: Upward Bound/Lawrence Crouchett (July 14, 1966–July 14, 1966), S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975), and S1977-1978 #2: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (July 27, 1977–October 6, 1977)