dance rattle. belt of rattles constructed of palm (?) frond strips folded into pyramid shapes with seeds inside; segments are attached to a double cord which fastens together at the ends. Conservation: Twine on which rattles are strung is breaking in one place.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Palm
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Ceremonial
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 2.3 centimeters, width 2 centimeters, and length 95 centimeters