Rattle

Museum number:
1-14522
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
50-4021 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.353
Description:
Cocoon rattle, cluster of 7 cocoons of the silk moth Antheraea polyphemus, Cramer, pierced by bird quills and attached to stick with twine.
Donor:
American Museum of Natural History
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Collector:
D. L. Spencer
Collection date:
1903
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
Used to secure good luck.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 21.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4996. Remarks: cf. 1-2403
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Rattle, accession number 1-14522, described as Cocoon rattle, cluster of 7 cocoons of the silk moth Antheraea polyphemus, Cramer, pierced by bird quills and attached to stick with twine.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Rattle, accession number 1-14522, described as Cocoon rattle, cluster of 7 cocoons of the silk moth Antheraea polyphemus, Cramer, pierced by bird quills and attached to stick with twine.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-14522, described as Cocoon rattle, cluster of 7 cocoons of the silk moth Antheraea polyphemus, Cramer, pierced by bird quills and attached to stick with twine.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-14522, described as Cocoon rattle, cluster of 7 cocoons of the silk moth Antheraea polyphemus, Cramer, pierced by bird quills and attached to stick with twine.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-14522, described as Cocoon rattle, cluster of 7 cocoons of the silk moth Antheraea polyphemus, Cramer, pierced by bird quills and attached to stick with twine.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-14522, described as Cocoon rattle, cluster of 7 cocoons of the silk moth Antheraea polyphemus, Cramer, pierced by bird quills and attached to stick with twine.

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