Gourd Rattle "Ah-Yah"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 May 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Olin D. Wheeler
label: Donor Name
content: Major John W. Powell
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "STAFF HEAD.--A GOURD, PAINTED BLACK AND STRIPED WITH RED; SHORT WOODEN STAFF EXTENDING THROUGH THE GOURD. TO BE FASTENED ON THE END OF A LONG STAFFWHICH IS HELD BY PARTICIPATORS IN CEREMONIAL DANCES. LENGTH, 19 INCHES; DIAMETER OF GOURD, 4 1/4 INCHES. MOKI (Hopi) INDIANS (SHOSHONEAN STOCK), MOKI (Hopi) PUEBLO RESERVATION, ARIZONA. 22,964. COLLECTED BY O. D. WHEELER." FROM CARD: "A GOURD WITH FLATTENED SIDES, THE WOODEN HANDLE PASSES THROUGH SIMILAR TO 22,912. THE OUTSIDE IS PAINTED GREEN WITH A BELT OF HOLLOW BLACK SQUARES AROUND ITS GREATEST DIAMETER. ORIGINALLY IT WAS DECORATED WITH WHITE AND COLORED FEATHERS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Mar 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hopi
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 76A00060
label: USNM Number
content: E22964-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 48 cm
label: Diameter - Of Gourd
content: 10.79 cm