Leather Rhythm Makers
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Jan 2019
name: label: Collector
content: Allen Davis
label: Donor Name
content: Allen Davis
notes: label: Notes
content: Pair of rattles made from leather, shell, and mixed metal. They are made by attaching flat strips or streamers of leather to a sewn leather cord. The streamers mostly have cowrie shells, little bronze bells, and coins from British West Africa attached to the ends. The coins were minted between 1915 and 1959, spanning the reigns of George V, Edward VIII, George VI and ERII. One has 15 bells, 37 shells and 52 coins, the other has 15 bells, 15 shells and 74 coins. There are two coins from 1936, making them rare as the reign was not long. The pre ERII coins were made of copper and nickel, ERII were made of bronze.
label: Notes
content: Donor's Notes: Pair of leather rhythm makers with cowries and coins. Yoruba, Nigeria.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Oct 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nigeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yoruba
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2078918
label: USNM Number
content: E434970-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 60 cm
label: Width
content: 17 cm
label: Height
content: 7 cm