Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2012-0003-0035 | |
| Category | Musical Instruments | |
| Object Name | Rattle | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Island: Maui | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1998 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Gourd; Chicken feathers; Mulberry bark fiber; Dyes; Commercial cloth; Rattan; Raffia grass | |
| Description | Handheld dance rattle consisting of a small round gourd filled with seeds or small pebbles, with a short wooden handle inserted into a cutout hole; Attached to the end of the handle is a wooden (?) disk wrapped in floral print cloth whose ends are gathered on the bottom and wrapped around the rattle handle and held in place by a spiral wrapping of rattan; Numerous undyed chicken feathers are laid side by side around top perimeter of cloth-covered disk so they hang over its edge; Each feather is likely glued into place and then all of the quills of the feathers are covered with a round piece of Samoan tapa cloth. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 19.7, Max Diam = 23.5 | |