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: MADE BY TATAIRE, BUT OBTAINED FROM PIHU, A 67 YEAR OLD WOMAN . UNUSED. CRESCENTIA CUJETE GOURD WITH REMNANTS OF URUCU? GREEN? STRIP ES AND A STAR PAINTED ON IT. STRIPES RUN FROM HANDLE HOLE TO SHAFT HOLE. CARVED PAU ROXO WOOD HANDLE/SHAFT PROTRUDES ABOUT 3 INCHES FROM THE TOP OF THE GOURD AND IS WRAPPED IN COMMERCIAL RED WOOL YARN FIRST IN A STRAIGHT PATTERN AND THEN IN A CROSS HATCHING PATTERN. TIP IS COVERED WITH A RED YARN TASSEL. HANDLE END IS CARVED INTO A PENTAGONAL ARROW POINT WITH A HOLE IN IT. THE TUCUM SUSPENSION CORD AND THE FOUR BEADED TASSELS ARE TIED INTO THIS HOLE, CORD ON ONE SIDE, TASSELS ON THE OTHER. THE 4 TASSELS ARE AKU SEED BEADS STRUNG ON CORDING. THE TASSELS END IN FEATHERS, ONE HAS ONE FEATHER, THE OTHER 3 HAVE 2 FEATHERS. PRICE PAID: 4.00 CRN. SEE ACCESSION RECORD FOR CENSUS INFORMATION.
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: E428325-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 48 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 13 cm