Tin Rattle "Maraga"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Nov 1887
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Mary E. Brown
notes: label: Notes
content: SPECIMEN IS A MALLET-SHAPED TIN RATTLE WITH SMALL ATTACHMENTS TO WHICH COLORFUL RIBBONS ARE TIED WHEN IN USE. RATTLES OF THIS TYPE ARE FOUND ALSO IN PUERTO RICO AND HAITI WHERE THEY ARE USED DURING FESTIVAL SEASONS. IN HAITI THIS TYPE OF RATTLE IS KNOWN AS A "TCHANCY" AND USED DURING THE PRE-LENTEN "RARA" SEASON (SEE HAROLD COURLANDER 1942 "THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF CUBA", MUSI- CAL QUARTERLY.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cuba, Caribbean
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 019847
label: USNM Number
content: E125559-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle