Maraca
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1975
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: OBTAINED FROM YO?YO, A KRAHO WHO WAS VISITING THE KRIKATI, A 40 YEAR OL D MALE. HE INITIALLY SAID HE MADE IT, LATER HE SAID THAT HE GOT IT FROM ANOTHER KRAHO CANTADOR AS A GIFT. YO?YO SAID THAT THIS INSTRUMENT IS ONLY MADE BY MEN, A SONG LEADER IS GIVEN ONE FOR SINGING FOR TWO MONTHS. NEWTON HAS TAPE RECORDING MADE OF HIM SINGING IN THE KRIKATI VILLAGE. THE CRESCENTIA CUJETE GOURD HAS 12 HOLES DRILLED IN ONE SIDE. IT IS A LARGE GOURD WITH A VERY SMOOTHSURFACE. THE PAU ROXO HANDLE/SHAFT PROTRUDES ABOUT AN INCH AT THE TOP AND IS BOUND WITH COMMERCIAL? COTTON. THE TASSELS ARE THE ENDS OF THE SUSPENSION CORDAGE, TIED TO THE HANDLE IN A GROOVE CUT IN THE HANDLE END. YO?YO SAYS TO MAKE THIS YOU MUST BOIL THE GOURD IN WATER, AND SCOOP THE INSIDES OUT. YOU MUST USE A KNIFE. PRICE PAID: 40 CRS. YO?YO ALSO MADE 1979-139 (MAT) AND 1975-141 (POCKETBOOK). 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: E428327-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 42 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 16 cm