Maraca
Object Details
- Notes
- FROM THE JEAN CARTER LAVE COLLECTION. ROUND GOURD WITH PAU ROXO HANDLE/SHAFT. THERE ARE THREE LITTLE HOLES PUNCHED INTO EITHER SIDE OF THE GOURD, AND DESIGNS IN BLACK PAINT CONSIST OF ALTERNATING SOLID CIRCLES AND DUMBBELL SHAPES. THICK COTTON YARN IS TIED AROUND THE BASE OF THE TOP SHAFT PROTRUSION WHERE IT MEETS THE GOURD. THE TIP HAS LITTLE RED FEATHERS TIED ON BY CORD WOUND TO ABOUT AN INCH DOWN THE SHAFT. THERE IS A HOLE IN THE END OF THE HANDLE THROUGH WHICH ARE PASSED THE LOOPED, BRAIDED CORD AND 5 STRINGS OF SEED/BEADS, WITH LARGER BROWN/WHITE AND SMALLER ORANGE/BROWN FEATHERS TIED TO THE ENDS. ALSO, STRIPS OF CANE COVERING. THE SEEDS ARE JOB'S TEARS, THE GOURD IS CRESCENTIA CUJETE, THE DISTAL BINDING IS COTTON AND CAROA. SOME FEATHERS DESTROYED BY BUGS PRIOR TO ACCESSION, 6TH BEAD STRAND LOST, CRACK IN GOURD. PRICE PAID: 400 CRS. PURCHASED WITH 1964 128 AND 130. SEE ACCESSION RECORD FOR CENSUS INFORMATION. MADE BY MUNDICAO, 48 Y/O MALE
- Record Last Modified
- 14 Jun 2023
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Krikati
- Data Source
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Accession Date
- 24 Apr 2006
- Collection Date
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 400194
- USNM Number
- E428319-0
- Collector
- Dr. Dolores Newton
- Donor Name
- Dr. Dolores Newton
- Object Type
- Maraca
- Length - Object
- 43 cm
- Width - Object
- 13 cm
- Place
- Sao Jose, Brazil, South America
- See more items in
- Anthropology
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8502657
