Musical instrument. Noisemaker, wood, carved in the shape of a fish, body hollow. Head and tail smoothly finished and varnished with painted features. Center body area is ridged, rasp can be rubbed across to make sound. A--fish, lg:32.5cm; B--rasp, lg: 12.7cm
Donor:
Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
Collection place:
Mexico
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Scrapers (idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
February 24, 1982
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1994-1995 #9b: SFO Museum (May 5, 1995–June 12, 1995)