Basket Rattle "Cacha" "Ericunde"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Jan 1888
label: Collection Date
content: 15 Jan 1888
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Mary E. Brown
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Mary E. Brown
notes: label: Notes
content: SPECIMEN IS A RATTLE MADE OF WOVEN CANE IN THE SHAPE OF AN INVERTED CONE. CONCAVE PIECE OF GOURD SERVES AS BASE; RIBS OF THE BASKET JOINED AT TOP ARE WRAPPED IN CLOTH TO FORM HANDLE; FILLED WITH WARI BEANS. A CYLINDRICAL BASKET RATTLE KNOWN AS AN "ERI- CUNDE" IS USED IN THE ABAKWA CULT OF CUBA, A SECRET SOCIETY WITH HISTORICAL LINKS TO THE CALABAR REGION OF WEST AFRICA. THIS SPECIMEN IS QUITE LIKELY AN EARLY VERSION OF AN ERICUNDE. (SEE H. COURLANDER, 1942 "MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF CUBA", MUSICAL QUARTERLY, VOL. 28(2):233-234.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cuba, Caribbean
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cuban
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 020030
label: USNM Number
content: E125584-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle