Rattle

Museum number:
5-16729
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Alternate number:
516729
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
dance rattle bracelet/anklet composed of half seed pods strung on twine (1 to 4 pod per strand) attached to a woven and or braided band which ends in a braided loop on one end and damaged attachment on the other. seeds are sepia brown. twine is probably sisel. Conservation: Tie end is torn away and a substitute thread has been substituted.
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:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Dance rattles
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 24 centimeters and width 8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Rattle, accession number 5-16729, described as dance rattle bracelet/anklet composed of half seed pods strung on twine (1 to 4 pod per strand) attached to a woven and or braided band which ends in a braided loop on one end and damaged attachment on the other. seeds are sepia brown. twine is probably sisel. Conservation: Tie end is torn away and a substitute thread has been substituted.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Rattle, accession number 5-16729, described as dance rattle bracelet/anklet composed of half seed pods strung on twine (1 to 4 pod per strand) attached to a woven and or braided band which ends in a braided loop on one end and damaged attachment on the other. seeds are sepia brown. twine is probably sisel. Conservation: Tie end is torn away and a substitute thread has been substituted.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Rattle, accession number 5-16729, described as dance rattle bracelet/anklet composed of half seed pods strung on twine (1 to 4 pod per strand) attached to a woven and or braided band which ends in a braided loop on one end and damaged attachment on the other. seeds are sepia brown. twine is probably sisel. Conservation: Tie end is torn away and a substitute thread has been substituted.

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