Sounding Form (Rattle?)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 1995
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mona Gavigan
notes: label: Notes
content: Metal plate with blue and green flower designs. There are 17 metal rings with 50 centime Liberian coins, attached through holes punched into the rim. Not every hole has metal rings.
label: Notes
content: From donor: Sounding form, Togo/Benin. Enamel plate with dangles of iron loops, old coins. Imported plate with blue and green floral detail on white, pierced 3/4" around to hold loops of dangling, old small thin coins marked "50 centimes" with one readable date of 1938; appears related to Voudoun. Much age, use evident in wear, rust discoloration. May be unique. Acquired [by Mona Gavigan] ca 1995 from African dealer.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Sep 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Benin (not certain) / Togo (not certain), Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2077558
label: USNM Number
content: E436279-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle
physicalDescription: label: Diameter
content: 18 cm
label: Height
content: 4 cm