Musical Instrument: Noisemaker
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Sep 1986
label: Collection Date
content: 1937 to 1970
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Donald B. Cordry
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Dorothy M. Cordry
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Donald B. Cordry
notes: label: Notes
content: WOODEN STICK WITH "TIGRE" (TIGER/WILDCAT) ATTACHED. TIGRE HUNG BY LEGS WITH CORD STRUNG THRU HOLES IN "FEET" AND THRU STICK. LEGS ATTACHED TO BODY IN SAME MANNER, ALLOWING TIGRE TO SWING UNDER STICK. TWO CARVED WOODEN FIGURES: MALE & FEMALE TIED TOGETHER WITH HEMP CORD THRU HOLES IN THEIR HATS ARE SUSPENDED FROM SAME STICK; BUT NOT PERMANENTLY ATTACHED. "NOISE MAKER FOR TIGRE DANCE PERFORMED OF THE 4TH FRIDAY OF LENT...CORDRY, 1954." PARTS LABELLED A-C.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Jul 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Xalpatahua, Guerrero, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nahua
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 355866
label: USNM Number
content: E420816-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Noisemaker / Figure
physicalDescription: label: Height - Male Figure
content: 13 cm
label: Height - Female Figure
content: 14 cm
label: Length - Stick
content: 41 cm
label: Length - Tigre
content: 15 cm
label: Height - Tigre
content: 10 cm