Musical Instrument: Clapper
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Sep 1986
label: Collection Date
content: 1937 to 1970
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Donald B. Cordry
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Dorothy M. Cordry
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Donald B. Cordry
notes: label: Notes
content: WOOD, UNPAINTED CARVED HEAD AND NECK OF CAIMAN. SEPARATE LOWER JAW TIED ON WITH LEATHER THONGS FOR USE AS A CLAPPER OR NOISEMAKER. EYES MAY HAVE BEEN INLAID, DEEP CIRCULAR HOLES REMAIN WITH FRAGMENTS OF NAILED DOWN LEATHER STRIPS OUTLINING ONE; NAILS ALONE ENCIRCLING THE OTHER. METAL RING INSIDE LOWER JAW HAS LEATHER THONG ATTACHED WICH RUNS THROUGH NECK AND CAN BE PULLED TO OPEN AND CLOSE MOUTH. "...FOR FISH DANCE. MADE CA. 1940 +/-. CORDRY, 1962."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Feb 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ocotlan (Rancho), Guerrero, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nahua
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 355866
label: USNM Number
content: E420811-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clapper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 43 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 12 cm