Rattles, a pair; each is gourd on wood stick with diamond-shaped finial; pink and blue rayon or silk ribbon ornaments; sticks and gourds are dyed red; H each ca. 26 cm.
Donor:
John Barr Tompkins
Collection place:
Rayón, Chiapas, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Puebla; Huehuetlilla; Otomi
Collector:
John Barr Tompkins
Collection date:
April 4, 1939
Materials:
Rayon, Silk, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Used by Volador performers
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 26 centimeters
Comment:
H-12-6
Loans:
S1976-1977 #82: University of Oregon/John Barr Tompkins (May 23, 1977–June 6, 1977) and S1994-1995 #9b: SFO Museum (May 5, 1995–June 12, 1995)