Rattle

Museum number:
1-10747
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010747
Alternate number:
733 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Description:
Made of 2 cocoons of silk moth (Samia rubra, Cramer); pierced by 2 sticks wrapped together with twine.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Teshechu
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Fresno; Ticetcu
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Said by owner to have been used in the ceremony to prevent rattlesnake bites.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 25 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "canatc". Photo: 15-4996. Published: BAE B78 Fig. 37. Remarks: cf. 1-2403.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Rattle, accession number 1-10747, described as Made of 2 cocoons of silk moth (Samia rubra, Cramer); pierced by 2 sticks wrapped together with twine.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Rattle, accession number 1-10747, described as Made of 2 cocoons of silk moth (Samia rubra, Cramer); pierced by 2 sticks wrapped together with twine.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Rattle, accession number 1-10747, described as Made of 2 cocoons of silk moth (Samia rubra, Cramer); pierced by 2 sticks wrapped together with twine.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-10747, described as Made of 2 cocoons of silk moth (Samia rubra, Cramer); pierced by 2 sticks wrapped together with twine.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-10747, described as Made of 2 cocoons of silk moth (Samia rubra, Cramer); pierced by 2 sticks wrapped together with twine.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-10747, described as Made of 2 cocoons of silk moth (Samia rubra, Cramer); pierced by 2 sticks wrapped together with twine.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-10747, described as Made of 2 cocoons of silk moth (Samia rubra, Cramer); pierced by 2 sticks wrapped together with twine.

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