Gourd rattle

Museum number:
5-3111
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Large gourd rattle; Shaka; knotted blue yarn netting on outside surface; seeds have been slipped onto yarn.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Asaba, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Ibo; Asaba
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rattles (indirectly struck idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1969-1970 #22: Bay Area Committee to Save Biafran Children (September 11, 1969–September 23, 1969), S1970-1971 #69: Music Department (UC Berkeley)/Ollie Wilson (January 14, 1971–June 11, 1971), S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975), and S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd rattle, accession number 5-3111, described as Large gourd rattle; Shaka; knotted blue yarn netting on outside surface; seeds have been slipped onto yarn.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd rattle, accession number 5-3111, described as Large gourd rattle; Shaka; knotted blue yarn netting on outside surface; seeds have been slipped onto yarn.

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