Gourd rattle

Museum number:
11-45525
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110045525
Alternate number:
EC-55 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4787
Description:
Small teardrop gourd, carved with repeating design of scallop bands separated by a dotted band. Stem is intact and seeds can be heard rattling inside of gourd.
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Collector:
Elizabeth Colson
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Rattles (indirectly struck idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
September 9, 2011
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
width 7.3 centimeters and length 16 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Gourd rattle, accession number 11-45525, described as Small teardrop gourd, carved with repeating design of scallop bands separated by a dotted band. Stem is intact and seeds can be heard rattling inside of gourd.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Gourd rattle, accession number 11-45525, described as Small teardrop gourd, carved with repeating design of scallop bands separated by a dotted band. Stem is intact and seeds can be heard rattling inside of gourd.

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