Rattle

Museum number:
2-5242
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005242
Alternate number:
51 B (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.131 and Acc.52
Description:
Rattle made from gourd; handle bound with hide. Painted blue stripes on gourd.
Donor:
David Ives Bushnell Jr., G. B. Gordon, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, and W. C. Farabee
Collection place:
Central Plains, Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Central Plains
Culture or time period:
Umoⁿhoⁿ
Collector:
Francis La Flesche
Collection date:
1901-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1904 and September 8, 1902
Context of use:
Used in "Wa-Wan" ceremony by Omaha and other Siouan tribes, and the Pawnee. Goes with 2-5239-43.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
For a full description of the ceremony and the symbolism of the articles see "The Hako", BAE Report 22, Part II. Exhibited: UCLMA, "Plains Indians", 1971. References: 27th Annual Report -BAE- "The Omaha Tribe", Fletcher & LaFlesche, p. 377. Used in "Wa-Wan" ceremony by Omaha and other Siouan tribes, and the Pawnee. Goes with 2-5239-43.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Rattle, accession number 2-5242, described as Rattle made from gourd; handle bound with hide. Painted blue stripes on gourd.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Rattle, accession number 2-5242, described as Rattle made from gourd; handle bound with hide. Painted blue stripes on gourd.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-5242, described as Rattle made from gourd; handle bound with hide. Painted blue stripes on gourd.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-5242, described as Rattle made from gourd; handle bound with hide. Painted blue stripes on gourd.

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