Rattle

Museum number:
1-233746
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Accession number:
Acc.2728
Description:
Cocoon. 2 cocoons of the silk moth (Antheraea polyphemus) are bound to a wood stick by strips of cotton cloth. Remnants of black feathers still visible on top of cloth.
Donor:
Bill Reed Adams, Ira Carlton Adams, Jeffrey Carlton Adams, and Rosemary Jeffreys Adams
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California. Donor lived in Round Valley and Napa Valley, likely from one of those two areas.
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Ira Carlton Adams
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Used by shamans in curing ceremonies, etc.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 3.7 centimeters and length 19.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-233746, described as Cocoon. 2 cocoons of the silk moth (Antheraea polyphemus) are bound to a wood stick by strips of cotton cloth. Remnants of black feathers still visible on top of cloth.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-233746, described as Cocoon. 2 cocoons of the silk moth (Antheraea polyphemus) are bound to a wood stick by strips of cotton cloth. Remnants of black feathers still visible on top of cloth.

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