Woven rattle with seeds

Museum number:
5-1762
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
A16 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1383
Description:
Rattle basket for dance (mekōre ye abok); 8" 20.32cm across Worn red around ankles, worn in pairs, (see A15, 5-1761)
Donor:
James W. Fernandez and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Gabon
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Gabon; Fang
Culture or time period:
Fang
Collector:
James W. Fernandez
Collection date:
1960
Materials:
Plant material
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Woven rattle with seeds, accession number 5-1762, described as Rattle basket for dance (mekōre ye abok); 8" 20.32cm across Worn red around ankles, worn in pairs, (see A15, 5-1761)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Woven rattle with seeds, accession number 5-1762, described as Rattle basket for dance (mekōre ye abok); 8" 20.32cm across Worn red around ankles, worn in pairs, (see A15, 5-1761)

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