Rattle

Museum number:
5-16730
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Alternate number:
516730
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
dance rattle bracelet/anklet composed of half seed pods strung on twine (1-4 per strand) attached to a woven and knotted band which ends in a loop at one end and a braided tie at the other. seeds are sepia brown. twine is probably sisel.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Western Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Dance rattle
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 8.5 centimeters and length 45 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Rattle, accession number 5-16730, described as dance rattle bracelet/anklet composed of half seed pods strung on twine (1-4 per strand) attached to a woven and knotted band which ends in a loop at one end and a braided tie at the other. seeds are sepia brown. twine is probably sisel.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Rattle, accession number 5-16730, described as dance rattle bracelet/anklet composed of half seed pods strung on twine (1-4 per strand) attached to a woven and knotted band which ends in a loop at one end and a braided tie at the other. seeds are sepia brown. twine is probably sisel.

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