Noisemaker

Museum number:

3-29025a

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Accession number:

Acc.3707

Description:

Musical instrument. Noisemaker, wood, carved in the shape of a fish, body hollow. Head and tail smoothly finished and varnished with painted features. Center body area is ridged, rasp can be rubbed across to make sound. A--fish, lg:32.5cm; B--rasp, lg: 12.7cm

Donor:

Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt

Collection place:

Mexico

Collector:

Katharine D. Jenkins

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Carvings (visual works)

Function:

5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments

Accession date:

February 24, 1982

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area