Rattle

Museum number:
5-6637
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006637
Alternate number:
98 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
rattle, box; flat rectangular shape; 2 layers of grass stems separated by sticks and bound together with 3 rows of 2-strand wound lattice binding weave in raffia strands. seeds contained inside; border of twill plaited palm leaf matting sewn around periphery.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Kampala (ba); Ganda (Murdock 45:9)
Culture or time period:
Ganda
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
May 1967
Materials:
Reed
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles and Plaited weaving
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1967
Context of use:
used at social dances
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 25 centimeters and length 31 centimeters
Loans:
S1970-1971 #3: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (July 9, 1970–July 9, 1970)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 5-6637, described as rattle, box; flat rectangular shape; 2 layers of grass stems separated by sticks and bound together with 3 rows of 2-strand wound lattice binding weave in raffia strands. seeds contained inside; border of twill plaited palm leaf matting sewn around periphery.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 5-6637, described as rattle, box; flat rectangular shape; 2 layers of grass stems separated by sticks and bound together with 3 rows of 2-strand wound lattice binding weave in raffia strands. seeds contained inside; border of twill plaited palm leaf matting sewn around periphery.

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