Dance rattle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 13 Jan 2010
label: Collection Date
content: Mar 2007
name: label: Collector
content: Judith Knight
label: Donor Name
content: Judith Knight
notes: label: Notes
content: Carved, very light wood, with burnt decoration around ends and middle. Threaded with nails to make a rattle. Judith Knight notes: "Collected in the Ikobey region...These dance rattles are used widely by several ethnic groups around Gabon for their traditional rites and dances. [I] witnessed the object being used in the female dance and rite of 'Mabanzi' -- a dance to conjure up the genie to specifically heal women's illnesses. The rattle is held in one hand and used as a percussion instrument to accompany the women dancing during the rite. Traditionally, these rattles were made locally, but can now be purchased along with other similar standard bells, fetishes, and trinkets, in the markets at Libreville, notably Mombouet".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Oct 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ikobey region, Ngounié Province, Gabon, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Babongo
label: Culture
content: Mitsogho (Tchogo)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2050990
label: USNM Number
content: E434692-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 16 cm
label: Circumference
content: 16 cm