Cocoon rattles 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 and Yaqui
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), S1967-1968 #58: KQED Television (November 28, 1967–November 30, 1967), S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975), and S1990-1991 #5: Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art (August 14, 1990–March 5, 1991)