Gourd Marimba Or Indian Xylophone
date: label: Accession Date
content: 31 Oct 1875
name: label: Donor Name
content: Henry Hague
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "FORMING PART OF A BAND USED IN FESTIVALS ILLUS.: P.76, PL.63, CELEBRATIONS CATALOGUE, SMITHSONIAN PRESS, 1982. 15248 LOANED TO RENWICK 7/14/81. RETURNED 1983. MARIMBA (MARIMBA DE TECOMATE), MID-19TH CENTURY. TACTIC INDIANS; GUATEMALA. WOOD, GOURDS, TWINE, NATIVE FIBER, BEESWAX. 20 X 70 X 16 (50.8 X 177.8 X 40.6) NMNH 15248, GIFT OF HENRY HAGUE. AFRICAN SLAVES BROUGHT THE IDEA OF THE GOURD MARIMBA WITH THEM TO THE NEW WORLD. GUATEMALAN INDIANS NOW ASSOCIATE THE INSTRUMENT WITH THEIR OWN ETHNIC HERITAGE, ESPECIALLY IN THE PERFORMANCE OF TWO DANCES, THE DANCE OF THE DEAD AND THE DANCE OF INVITATION. IN THESE, MASKED DANCERS RE-CREATE ANCIENT TALES OF THE TRIBAL PAST. THE MARIMBA IS ALSO USED AT FESTIVE DANCES CALLED ZARABANDAS, HELD BY RELIGIOUS OFFICIALS OF THE COMMUNITY."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Guatemala, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tactic Indians
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 003407
label: USNM Number
content: E15248-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Marimba
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Object
content: 50.8 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 177.8 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 40.6 cm