Maraca
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1968
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM THE JEAN CARTER LAVE COLLECTION. ROUND GOURD WITH PAU ROXO HANDLE/SHAFT. THERE ARE THREE LITTLE HOLES PUNCHED INTO EITHER SIDE OF THE GOURD, AND DESIGNS IN BLACK PAINT CONSIST OF ALTERNATING SOLID CIRCLES AND DUMBBELL SHAPES. THICK COTTON YARN IS TIED AROUND THE BASE OF THE TOP SHAFT PROTRUSION WHERE IT MEETS THE GOURD. THE TIP HAS LITTLE RED FEATHERS TIED ON BY CORD WOUND TO ABOUT AN INCH DOWN THE SHAFT. THERE IS A HOLE IN THE END OF THE HANDLE THROUGH WHICH ARE PASSED THE LOOPED, BRAIDED CORD AND 5 STRINGS OF SEED/BEADS, WITH LARGER BROWN/WHITE AND SMALLER ORANGE/BROWN FEATHERS TIED TO THE ENDS. ALSO, STRIPS OF CANE COVERING. THE SEEDS ARE JOB'S TEARS, THE GOURD IS CRESCENTIA CUJETE, THE DISTAL BINDING IS COTTON AND CAROA. SOME FEATHERS DESTROYED BY BUGS PRIOR TO ACCESSION, 6TH BEAD STRAND LOST, CRACK IN GOURD. PRICE PAID: 400 CRS. PURCHASED WITH 1964 128 AND 130. SEE ACCESSION RECORD FOR CENSUS INFORMATION. MADE BY MUNDICAO, 48 Y/O MALE
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Aug 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Krikati
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E428319-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 43 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 13 cm