Rattles

Museum number:
5-5932a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21055932a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.2171
Description:
a & b) Pair of rattles of gourd, raffia, rattan and seeds; height circa 18 cm. each. Used rhythmically by both men and women. These are used mainly by Mendi and Gisi people. There only men use them... Ma seke (2 rattles) and Q seke (singular). Collected 10/14/56.
Donor:
Warren L. d'Azevedo
Collection place:
Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Liberia; Vane; Mende and Kissi (Murdock...32:33 & 12)
Collector:
Warren L. d'Azevedo
Collection date:
10/14/56
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Rattles, accession number 5-5932a,b, described as a & b) Pair of rattles of gourd, raffia, rattan and seeds; height circa 18 cm. each. Used rhythmically by both men and women. These are used mainly by Mendi and Gisi people. There only men use them... Ma seke (2 rattles) and Q seke (singular). Collected 10/14/56.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattles, accession number 5-5932a,b, described as a & b) Pair of rattles of gourd, raffia, rattan and seeds; height circa 18 cm. each. Used rhythmically by both men and women. These are used mainly by Mendi and Gisi people. There only men use them... Ma seke (2 rattles) and Q seke (singular). Collected 10/14/56.

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