Dance rattle with cocoons

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Object Number 2004.16.16

Display Title Dance rattle with cocoons

Descriptions

Object Description Dance rattle of tradecloth and pebble-filled cocoons

Inventory Description Dance rattle of pebble-filled cocoons sewn onto red tradecloth

Classification

Special

Department Ethnographic

Date 1989 or earlier

Culture

Tarahumara
Raramuri

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Central America / Mexico / Chihuahua

Additional Geographic Terms Chihuahua, Southwestern: Sierra Madre Occidental

Materials Cocoon, Wool, Cloth, Stone

Dimensions Overall: 158 x 3.5 x 1.3 cm (62 3/16 x 1 3/8 x 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 2004.16.16

Credit Line Gift of Jerome M. Levi

Provenance

Collector Jerome Meyer Levi (1989 - 6/16/04)

Donor Jerome Meyer Levi (1989 - 6/16/04)

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