Rattle

Museum number:
2-68518
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4222
Description:
Gourd rattle with polished broom stick handle. Handle fits through top of gourd, coming out other end, held in by small wooden cross stick. Gourd probably filled with pebbles. Thin 3-twine commercial cotton string tied on handle.
Donor:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection place:
Oklahoma
Verbatim coll. place:
Oklahoma
Culture or time period:
Creek
Collector:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection date:
late 1930 - 1939
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Context of use:
Rattle probably used in "stomp" dances.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
36 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-68518, described as Gourd rattle with polished broom stick handle. Handle fits through top of gourd, coming out other end, held in by small wooden cross stick. Gourd probably filled with pebbles. Thin 3-twine commercial cotton string tied on handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-68518, described as Gourd rattle with polished broom stick handle. Handle fits through top of gourd, coming out other end, held in by small wooden cross stick. Gourd probably filled with pebbles. Thin 3-twine commercial cotton string tied on handle.

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