Baby's rattle
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by David W. Amram, Jr. (1901-1990, a self-trained archaeologist and cartographer who explored Chiapas and Guatemala in the 1930s); purchased by MAI from David Amram in 1934 using funds donated by George Heye's sister, Marie Heye Clemens (Mrs. James B. Clemens, 1869-1943).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 18/6725
- Barcode
- 186725.000
- Culture/People
- Lacandon Maya
- Collector
- David W. Amram, Jr., Non-Indian, 1901-1990
- Seller
- David W. Amram, Jr., Non-Indian, 1901-1990
- Presenter/funding source
- Marie Heye Clemens (Mrs. James B. Clemens), Non-Indian, 1869-1943
- Object Type
- Games, Toys, Gambling
- Object Name
- Baby's rattle
- Media/Materials
- Turtle shell/carapace
- Techniques
- Abraded
- Place
- 80 miles southeast of Ocosingo; Río Jataté at entrance of Arroyo Las Tazas; Ocosingo Municipality, Selva Region; Chiapas State; Mexico
- See related items
- Lacandon Maya
- Games, Toys, Gambling
- Record ID
- NMAI_199787
