Rattle

Museum number:
1-16603
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.100S
Description:
Gourd. Ochre color, surface blotched and stained; geometrically-placed pin holes decorate gourd. Handle attached to gourd with pitch. Shoestring tied through hole at end of handle.
Donor:
Anchora Hanyava [Mohave]
Collection place:
Needles, San Bernardino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Bernardino; Needles
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Anchora Hanyava [Mohave]
Collection date:
December 1910
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1904-1930
Context of use:
Used to accompany vocal performance.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 31.2 centimeters and circumference 35 centimeters
Loans:
S1976-1977 #80: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (May 6, 1977–May 9, 1977)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-16603, described as Gourd. Ochre color, surface blotched and stained; geometrically-placed pin holes decorate gourd. Handle attached to gourd with pitch. Shoestring tied through hole at end of handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-16603, described as Gourd. Ochre color, surface blotched and stained; geometrically-placed pin holes decorate gourd. Handle attached to gourd with pitch. Shoestring tied through hole at end of handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-16603, described as Gourd. Ochre color, surface blotched and stained; geometrically-placed pin holes decorate gourd. Handle attached to gourd with pitch. Shoestring tied through hole at end of handle.

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