Rattle

Museum number:
1-2834
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010002834
Alternate number:
808 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.89
Description:
Cocoon. Cluster of cocoons of silk moth (Anthereae polyphemus, Cramer) attached to feather quills and bound together with cotton twine.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Pinoleville, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Pinoleville
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Medicine man's rattle.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 30 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: "cf 1-2403
Loans:
S1963-1964 #81: International House (UC Berkeley) (April 23, 1964–May 11, 1964), S1964-1965 #3: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (July 13, 1964–October 19, 1964), S1976-1977 #28: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (November 19, 1976–May 9, 1977), S1980-1981 #68: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Indian Programs (May 8, 1981–May 8, 1981), and S1981-1982 #67: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Indian Programs (June 9, 1982–June 9, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Rattle, accession number 1-2834, described as Cocoon. Cluster of cocoons of silk moth (Anthereae polyphemus, Cramer) attached to feather quills and bound together with cotton twine.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Rattle, accession number 1-2834, described as Cocoon. Cluster of cocoons of silk moth (Anthereae polyphemus, Cramer) attached to feather quills and bound together with cotton twine.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Rattle, accession number 1-2834, described as Cocoon. Cluster of cocoons of silk moth (Anthereae polyphemus, Cramer) attached to feather quills and bound together with cotton twine.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Rattle, accession number 1-2834, described as Cocoon. Cluster of cocoons of silk moth (Anthereae polyphemus, Cramer) attached to feather quills and bound together with cotton twine.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Rattle, accession number 1-2834, described as Cocoon. Cluster of cocoons of silk moth (Anthereae polyphemus, Cramer) attached to feather quills and bound together with cotton twine.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-2834, described as Cocoon. Cluster of cocoons of silk moth (Anthereae polyphemus, Cramer) attached to feather quills and bound together with cotton twine.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-2834, described as Cocoon. Cluster of cocoons of silk moth (Anthereae polyphemus, Cramer) attached to feather quills and bound together with cotton twine.

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