Earthen Ware Rattle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 13 Dec 1875
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "BODY AND HANDLE OF EARTHENWARE IN THE SHAPE OF A GOURD. THE HANDLE IS MADE LIKE A RUDE [SIC] DOLL, WITH EYES, NOSE, MOUTH AND EARS. IN ONE EAR IS A SMALL LOOP OF WHITE AND GREEN GLASS BEADS [MISSING], WHERE THE HANDLE JOINS THE BODY IS A HOLE SHAPED LIKE THE SOUND HOLE OF A WHISTLE. INSIDE ARE TWO PEBBLES. DR. PALMER CLAIMS IT IS A DOLL, NEITHER AN IDOL OR RATTLE; WHILE IT MIGHT BE A DOLL, IT IS ALSO A RATTLE. THE PEBBLES INSIDE MADE IT A RATTLE. ILLUS. HNDBK. OF N. AMER. INDIANS, VOL. 8, CALIFORNIA, FIG. 8, PG. 602. "POTTERY DOLL, HOLLOW AND CONTAINING TWO PEBBLES. LOOPS OF STRUNG GLASS BEADS ARE MISSING FROM PIERCED EARS. ILL. IN USNM REPT. 1896; FIG 213 P. 574. SEE WILSON'S PREHISTORIC ART, P. 574, ILL."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 May 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tipai-Ipai (Kumeyaay)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004130
label: USNM Number
content: E19739-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle