Rattle, gourd, globular; holes drilled in gourd in regular pattern; handcarved wood handle inserted into cut-off top; string carrier tied to groove in end of handle; wooden plug at opposite end from handle; L 330.6 cm x diameter 14.2cm
Donor:
Edward W. Gifford and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Sonora, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Sonora or Baja California, Lower Colorado river, Cocopa, Mexico
Collector:
Edward W. Gifford
Collection date:
December 1926
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Accession date:
1927
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975), S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975), and S1994-1995 #9b: SFO Museum (May 5, 1995–June 12, 1995)