Double Rattle (Of Wickerwork)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1895
name: label: Collector
content: Richard D. Mohun
label: Donor Name
content: U. S. Department Of State
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "**N. GANGES MAY HAVE BEEN MISCOPIED FROM N'GANGES. THIS MAY BE A SYNONYM FOR NDENGESE WHICH IS A SYNONYM FOR DENGESE. DENGESE (3 S. 22 E.) LIVE IN THE SANKURU REGION, OF THE CONGO AND COVER THE LUKENIA AND SANKURU RIVER AREAS. A ROUND STICK CA. 2 CM. DIAMETER, BOTH ENDS SPLIT INTO SIX SECTIONS CA. 20 CM. LONG. THESE SECTIONS ARE SHAVED FLAT ON THE INSIDE AND THE SPLINTS ARE BENT OVER AND BACK TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE STICK, TOUCHING THE STICK 13 - 15 CM. FROM WHERE THE SPLINTS START. FORMING THE RIBS OF 2 PEAR-SHAPED BASKETS, WITH THE STICK AS A HANDLE BETWEEN THEM. AROUND THE FRAME IS WOUND A NARROW SPLINT FORMING TWO LAYERS, INCLOSING PEBBLES, SHELLS, NUTSHELLS OR BEANS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Sep 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lukenie River, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: N'Ganges
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029024
label: USNM Number
content: E174754-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 49 cm
label: Length - Cages
content: 15 cm
label: Diameter - Cages
content: 10 cm