Musical instrument

Museum number:
1-10600
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.203
Description:
Acorn. Loop of five acorns threaded together on cotton twine, attached to tee - handle twig.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Dutton Ranch, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Dutton Ranch
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical instruments
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used by women, particularly girls, to make a sort of musical sound." "By holding one acorn against the teeth, the mouth being used as a resonance chamber, and twirling one or more of the remaining acorns of the string, a variety of sounds are produced
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
5.8 centimeters and 12.1 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4807 Published: Milw. Pub. Mus. Bull, v.2, BAE B68 fig 15
Loans:
S1994-1995 #9b: SFO Museum (May 5, 1995–June 12, 1995)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Musical instrument, accession number 1-10600, described as Acorn. Loop of five acorns threaded together on cotton twine, attached to tee - handle twig.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Musical instrument, accession number 1-10600, described as Acorn. Loop of five acorns threaded together on cotton twine, attached to tee - handle twig.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Musical instrument, accession number 1-10600, described as Acorn. Loop of five acorns threaded together on cotton twine, attached to tee - handle twig.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Musical instrument, accession number 1-10600, described as Acorn. Loop of five acorns threaded together on cotton twine, attached to tee - handle twig.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Musical instrument, accession number 1-10600, described as Acorn. Loop of five acorns threaded together on cotton twine, attached to tee - handle twig.

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