Pair Of Gourd Balls
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Oct 1998
label: Collection Date
content: 1997
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
notes: label: Notes
content: PURCHASED IN THE NOUVEAU MARCHE IN BAMAKO. TOY MADE OF 2 GOURD BALLS ATTACHED BY BRAIDED PLASTIC STRING, INSERTED INTO HOLES PIERCED INTO TOPS OF BALLS. AROUND THE HOLES ARE GLUE RESIDUE. EXTERIOR OF BALLS INCISED AND CARVED WITH DIAMOND-SHAPE AND STRIATED LINES. BALLS CONTAIN SUBSTANCE INSIDE THAT RATTLES.
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit: "Children weave the string between the fingers of one hand, then clack the balls together above and below the hand in continuous rhythm."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Bamako, Mali, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416178
label: USNM Number
content: E428447-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Toy
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 21 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 7.5 cm