Sistrum rattle

Museum number:

3-3169

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Alternate number:

6 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.656

Description:

Sistrum, wood; round handle, square body with rectangular opening; two rows of brass disks floating on nail axles, driven across opening; L 26.4 cm X W 2.7 cm, Dia of brass disks 5.6 cm

Donor:

Mary S. Johnson

Collection place:

Sonora, Mexico

Verbatim coll. place:

Mexico; Sonora, near Chucarit; Mayo or Yaqui

Culture or time period:

Mayo

Collector:

Ralph L. Beals

Collection date:

1931

Materials:

Brass (alloy) and Wood (plant material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Sistra

Function:

5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments

Accession date:

1931

Context of use:

Musical instrument either carried in right hand and beaten against palm of left hand in complicated rhythm or stuck in belt in back, handle down

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area

Dimensions:

length 26.4 centimeters and width 2.7 centimeters

Comment:

H-3-4

Loans:

S1966-1967 #2: Upward Bound/Lawrence Crouchett (July 14, 1966–July 14, 1966), S1967-1968 #58: KQED Television (November 28, 1967–November 30, 1967), S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975), S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975), S1977-1978 #2: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (July 27, 1977–October 6, 1977), S1994-1995 #9b: SFO Museum (May 5, 1995–June 12, 1995), and S2010-2011 #8: SFO Museum (June 1, 2011–May 22, 2012)

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