Fiber rattle

Museum number:
5-11499
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011499
Accession number:
Acc.2879
Description:
Fiber rattle, Nigeria, unspecified. July 27, 1972. 5-11499, acc no. 2879, file code 5.4. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Split reed plaited and coiled into rattle body and handle; wood disk bottom attached; pebbles inside Context of use: as musical instrument or (toy?) Description: Rattle, basketry; body is split reed, plaited onto frame of same material; handle is same material, but coiled around central around central stem; bottom is disk of wood with drilled holes through which reeds attach to body; pebbles inside for rattling; 19.5 cm. h.; 8.8 cm. w.;
Donor:
Thomas D. Lanagan and W. H. Lawson
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria unspec.
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection date:
July 27, 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
July 27, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fiber rattle, accession number 5-11499, described as Fiber rattle, Nigeria, unspecified. July 27, 1972. 5-11499, acc no. 2879, file code 5.4. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Split reed plaited and coiled into rattle body and handle; wood disk bottom attached; pebbles inside Context of use: as musical instrument or (toy?) Description: Rattle, basketry; body is split reed, plaited onto frame of same material; handle is same material, but coiled around central around central stem; bottom is disk of wood with drilled holes through which reeds attach to body; pebbles inside for rattling; 19.5 cm. h.; 8.8 cm. w.;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fiber rattle, accession number 5-11499, described as Fiber rattle, Nigeria, unspecified. July 27, 1972. 5-11499, acc no. 2879, file code 5.4. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Split reed plaited and coiled into rattle body and handle; wood disk bottom attached; pebbles inside Context of use: as musical instrument or (toy?) Description: Rattle, basketry; body is split reed, plaited onto frame of same material; handle is same material, but coiled around central around central stem; bottom is disk of wood with drilled holes through which reeds attach to body; pebbles inside for rattling; 19.5 cm. h.; 8.8 cm. w.;

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