Shekere
date: label: date made
content: 20th century
name: label: user
content: Sweet Honey In The Rock
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This shekere was made by an unknown maker, provenance unknown, 20th century. It is a shekere made from a dried gourd, with reddish-brown plastic beads woven into a cord net covering the gourd. a rope network of reddish-brown plastic beads. This shekere was used by the all-woman, African-American a cappella group, Sweet Honey in the Rock.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>For thirty years, Sweet Honey in The Rock, a Grammy Award-winning ensemble of African-American women, has stirred, consoled, and uplifted audiences internationally with messages of love, struggle, and liberation through music deeply rooted in the African American experience. Sweet Honey in The Rock was established in 1973 by Bernice Johnson Reagon. Since then, twenty-two women have participated as members in its powerful communion of lyrics, movement, and social commentary. Members of the group at the time of donation include Ysaye Maria Barnwell, Nitanu Bolade Casel, Aisha Kahlil, Carol Lynn Malliard, Bernice Johnson Reagon, and American Sign Language interpreter Shirley Childress Saxon.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Percussion
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content: Cultures & Communities
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sweet Honey In the Rock (through: Bernice Johnson Reagan, Founding Member)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0290.10
label: accession number
content: 2003.0290
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0290.10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: percussion
label: Object Name
content: shekere
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gourd (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cord (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 9 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm x 22.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 29.21 cm x 21.59 cm