Maraca
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1968
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: ROUND GOURD WITH BLACK PAINTED DESIGN, WHICH COVERS TOP AND BOTTOM, WITH TWO THICK LINES DOWN THE SIDES. GOURD IS CRESCENTIA CUJETE. THERE ARE 8 HOLES PIERCED INTO EITHER SIDE OF THE GOURD. HANDLE/SHAFT IS TAN WOOD. SUSPENSION CORD IS ROUND 4-STRAND BRAID OF COTTON. SHAFT PROTRUDES ABOUT 2 INCHES ABOVE THE TOP OF THE GOURD, AND HAS RED MACAW FEATHERS CAUGHT IN THE TUCUM BINDING WHICH IS WOUND AROUND THE SHAFT END. BEADED AND FEATHERED TASSELS ARE MADE FROM THE SPLIT ENDS OF THE HICK COTTON SUSPENSION CORD. EACH END IS SPLIT INTO 4, WITH THREE OF THE FOUR EACH THREADED WITH AKU SEEDS AND TWO LARGE GLASS BEADS, EITHER PINK, YELLOW, AND BLUE, OR OF THE KIND NEWTON SAYS IS USED IN APINAYE COLLECTIONS MADE BY CURT NIMUENDAJU UNKEL. 1 STRAND HAS NO BEADS, 2 STRANDS HAVE NO LARGE COLORED BEADS, BUT END IN REUSED DEER HOOF TIPS. OLD GLASS BEADS ARE ALSO REUSED AND AT LEAST ONE IS BROKEN. EACH DEER HOOF TIP HOLDS 2 FEATHERS, BROWN/WHITE AND BLUE/RED. SEE ACCESSION RECORD FOR CENSUS INFORMATION.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Aug 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Krikati
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E428320-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 30 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 10 cm