Maracas
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Sep 1986
label: Collection Date
content: 1950
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. H. R. Slusser
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. H R. Slusser
notes: label: Notes
content: TWO MISMATCHED GOURD MARACAS, WHICH DONOR SAYS WERE USED AS A PAIR: A. GOURD IS ROUND AND SQUAT, WITH WOODEN HANDLE. DECORATED WITH 3 INCISED LINES RUNNING LONGITUDINALLY (RED & BLACK) WITH DOTS BETWEEN, PLUS A WIDE LONGITUDINAL BAND (BLUE & GREEN). SEEDS OR STONES INSIDE. B. GOURD IS LONGER AND NARROWER, WITH WOODEN HANDLE. DECORATED WITH LONGITUDINAL SECTIONS OF INCISING, EITHER LINES OR GOUGES. A FACE DEPICTED ON ONE SIDE. RANDOMLY COLORED WITH RED, BLUE & GREEN CRAYON. SEEDS OR STONES INSIDE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Aug 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Puerto Rican
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 356622
label: USNM Number
content: E423011-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle
physicalDescription: label: Length - A
content: 24.5 cm
label: Diameter - A
content: 12 cm
label: Length - B
content: 25 cm
label: Diameter - B
content: 11 cm