(Maracca) Rattle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Feb 1867
label: Collection Date
content: 1853
name: label: Collector
content: Rev. John T. Cullen
label: Collector
content: Rev. W. C. McClintock
label: Donor Name
content: Hon. J. F. Crampton
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A SPHERICAL GOURD WITH A WOODEN IN HANDLE PASSING THROUGH ITS POLES. THE SMALL END OF HANDLE PROJECTS BEYOND THE GOURD 5-3/4 IN THIS PORTION IS WOUND WITH A NARROW COTTON BRAID, ONE EDGE FORMED WITH PENDANT LOOPS 3/4 OF AN INCH APART TO EACH OF THESE LOOPS IS ATTACHED A BRIGHT PARAKEET FEATHER." FROM CARD: "RATTLE.---MADE OF A SMALL, YELLOW, SPHERICAL GOURD, HAVING TWO NARROW HORIZONTAL AND TWO VERTICAL SLITS OR APERTURES THE WOODEN HANDLE EXTENDS SEVERAL INCHES THROUGH THE GOURD AND THE UPPER END IS ORNAMENTED WITH WHITE CORD AND BRILLIANT PAROKEET'S FEATHERS. GOURD, 4 3/4 INS. DIAMETER. HANDLE, 17 INS. LONG. BRITISH GUIANA, SOUTH AMERICA. 4,370. THRUF W. C. MCCLINTOCK."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Oct 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Guyana, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Arawak
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 67A00053
label: USNM Number
content: E4370-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 12.07 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 43 cm