Gourd Rattle
name: label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
label: Region
content: African Region
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: 20th century
label: Notes
content: A dried gourd rattle covered with a white and blue woven net. The net has been fitted over the bulbous section of the gourd and cinched with a thicker yellow string, though the netting is very loose on the gourd. Several dozen small oblong seeds from the flame tree, or royal Poinciana, are attached to the net where a hole has been drilled through the seed and a section of the netting threaded through. All the seeds have been drilled through one end allowing them to more easily beat against the gourd body. The handle is relatively straight, with a string threaded through a hole drilled on the end. There is a line of four dark circles at the end of the handle.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Dec 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Africa, Togo
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
culture: label: Culture
content: West African
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO400108-DSP
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
physicalDescription: label: Material
content: Gourd, Seed, Cotton