Rattle

Museum number:
1-28185
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010028185
Accession number:
Acc.644
Description:
Split stick. Longitudinal notch near proximal end. Hollowed out to midpoint. Incised geometric design near distal end. Made of handcarved elderberry wood.
Donor:
Cora Alice DuBois and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Trinity Center, Trinity County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Trinity; Trinity Center
Culture or time period:
Wintu
Collector:
Cora DuBois
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1930
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 3.8 centimeters and length 46.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-28185, described as Split stick. Longitudinal notch near proximal end. Hollowed out to midpoint. Incised geometric design near distal end. Made of handcarved elderberry wood.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-28185, described as Split stick. Longitudinal notch near proximal end. Hollowed out to midpoint. Incised geometric design near distal end. Made of handcarved elderberry wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-28185, described as Split stick. Longitudinal notch near proximal end. Hollowed out to midpoint. Incised geometric design near distal end. Made of handcarved elderberry wood.

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