Rattle

Museum number:
5-16768
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
516756 and 5-16768a,b
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
toy rattle; 2 seed pods with seeds or pellets inside. (a) has a clay or resin stopper to which a string is attached; the other (b) has a hole in one end, but no stopper or string.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Western Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Toy or ceremonial
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 45.5 centimeters, string— length 10.7 centimeters, and diameter 4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Rattle, accession number 5-16768, described as toy rattle; 2 seed pods with seeds or pellets inside. (a) has a clay or resin stopper to which a string is attached; the other (b) has a hole in one end, but no stopper or string.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Rattle, accession number 5-16768, described as toy rattle; 2 seed pods with seeds or pellets inside. (a) has a clay or resin stopper to which a string is attached; the other (b) has a hole in one end, but no stopper or string.

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