Gourd Rattle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Aug 2001
label: Collection Date
content: November 29, 1993
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William Crocker
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Gourd rattle, or ku?toy, used by sing-dance leaders, purchased from either Abilio Taami or Cornelio Larak. They are both relatives and could come at night to sell to Dr. Crocker without anyone else knowing. Money was given to them later by Snr. Julio Tavares. The rattle is made of a calabash (crescentia cuiete), seeds, purple wood, tucum fiber cord and urucu. The round calabash has small banana braba tree seeds inside, and is pierced with a pau roxo spike which serves as a handle. Tucum cords with tassels are tied to the top of the spike. The calabash is urucued. Purchase price: cr$30.000,00.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Escalvado, Timbira, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Canela
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416179
label: USNM Number
content: E428259-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle