Gourd rattle

Museum number:
5-1636
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001636
Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Tsasi--dance rattle of four wooden balls containing seeds; 3” x 3” x 1 1/2”
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Suku
Culture or time period:
Suku
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rattles (indirectly struck idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd rattle, accession number 5-1636, described as Tsasi--dance rattle of four wooden balls containing seeds; 3” x 3” x 1 1/2”
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd rattle, accession number 5-1636, described as Tsasi--dance rattle of four wooden balls containing seeds; 3” x 3” x 1 1/2”

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