Dance Rattle "Tenchuy"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1870
label: Collection Date
content: 1869
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MADE FROM THE COCCOONS OF BUTTER FLY. EACH COCCOON IS CUT IN HALF ACROSS THE MINOR AXIS AND THE CUT EDGES OF EACH HALF STITCHED TOGETHER WITH A DOUBLE CORD, ONE CLOSE TO ANOTHER THUS FORMING TWO BELTS OR STRINGS INCLOSED. IN EACH HALF OF COCCOON IS A GRAIN OR PEBBLE. THE BELTS ARE WOUND AROUND BOTH LEGS OF THE DANCER. THE FOOT IS RAISED FORM THE GROUND WHEN THE RATTLES ARE SHAKEN. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1896, FIG. 238; P. 593."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Jul 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Sonora, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yaqui (Yoeme)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 001793
label: USNM Number
content: E9397-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Leg Rattle