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Gourd rattle
Object Number 88-51-10/48077
Display Title Gourd rattle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Gourd rattle, wood handle, worn pigment design
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Hopi pueblos
Materials Gourd, Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 13.8 x 7.9 cm (9 1/16 x 5 7/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48077/ [crossed out] 68728
Provenance
Collector Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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