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: OBTAINED FROM ALUI, A 29 YEAR OLD MALE, THOUGH THE CORD WAS MADE BY HIS MOTHER KUKUI. ALUI SAYS THIS MARACA WAS MADE TO "CANTAR MESMO". OBJECT IS USED, THE URUCU IMPREGNATED CORDAGE IS BROWN WITH AGE. THE CRESCENTIA CUJETE GOURD IS SMALL, ROUND AND RATHER SQUAT. IT HAS 6 HOLES PUNCHED INTO ONE SIDE AND 4 PUNCHED INTO THE OTHER. THE PAU ROXO HANDLE/SHAFT PROTRUDES THROUGH THE TOP FOR ABOUT 2 INCHES. THE URUCUED COTTON SUSPENSION CORD IS THREADED THROUGH A HOLE IN THE END OF THE HANDLE. THIS CORDAGE IS COTTON, IN A 3-STRAND FLAT BRAID. THE TASSELS ARE COTTON. PRICE PAID: 4.00 CRN. SEE ACCESSION RECORD FOR CENSUS INFORMATION. MADE BY KUKUI, 29 Y/O FEMALE
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: E428321-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 45 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15 cm