Rattle

Museum number:
2-57886
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3074
Description:
Made of mussel shell covered with twined basketry; varicolored encircling zigzag bands on straw-colored ground; cedar bark and Xerophyllum tenax in spiral lattice binding.
Donor:
Dolores Juarez Unger and Vivian J. Rose
Collection place:
Washington state
Verbatim coll. place:
Washington
Culture or time period:
Makah
Collector:
Mrs. Juarez
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Musical rattles, and Twined weaving
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Novelty made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 14 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Rattle, accession number 2-57886, described as Made of mussel shell covered with twined basketry; varicolored encircling zigzag bands on straw-colored ground; cedar bark and Xerophyllum tenax in spiral lattice binding.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Rattle, accession number 2-57886, described as Made of mussel shell covered with twined basketry; varicolored encircling zigzag bands on straw-colored ground; cedar bark and Xerophyllum tenax in spiral lattice binding.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-57886, described as Made of mussel shell covered with twined basketry; varicolored encircling zigzag bands on straw-colored ground; cedar bark and Xerophyllum tenax in spiral lattice binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-57886, described as Made of mussel shell covered with twined basketry; varicolored encircling zigzag bands on straw-colored ground; cedar bark and Xerophyllum tenax in spiral lattice binding.

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