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Object Number
05-7-10/64521
Display Title
Cocoon rattle
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Suck-ea-sah
Object Description
Cocoon rattle used by the singers.
Inventory Description
Rattle, carved wooden handle attached to cocoons with red and white string.
Classification
- Musical
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Miwok
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
/
Calaveras County
Additional Geographic Terms
West Point, near
Materials
Wood, Cocoon, Seed?
Dimensions
Overall: 39 x 7 x 0.8 cm (15 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
64521
Provenance
Owner
Capt. Eph Cummings
(? - 1905)
Collector
E. L. McLeod
(1905 - 1905)
Dealer
Grace A. Nicholson
(1905 - 1905)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1905)
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Botswana
Namibia | |
| 2004.16.16 | Dance rattle with cocoons |
Special
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Chihuahua
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| 04-28-10/64032 | Cocoon rattle |
Special
|
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| |
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| |
| 06-5-10/65799 | Cocoon rattles |
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| |
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Percussion
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| |
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| 973-43-50/11680B | Dried cocoon dance belts; a) 46 x 1.5 in.; b) 39.5 x 1.5 in. |
Percussion
|
South Africa
| |
| 2007.18.12 | Men's dance rattles |
Percussion
|
Botswana
| |
| 56-57-50/9868 | Dance rattles |
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|
Africa
| |
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