Object class: Sound devices (equipment) / Accession year: [Missing] / Function: 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Sound devices (equipment) Accession year [Missing] Function 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children

Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-14417a-c, described as Doll; male. (a) Carved Avoderi wood from Accra. Man with carved features, wearing a kente-cloth sarong of black and cerise material; has two bent drumsticks. (b) and (c) Two log drums of similar wood, similar carved designs, each has two detachable axe-like sticks. Height 21 cm. from (a). Height 41.4 cm. from (b) and (c).

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 5-13153, described as Shar., Kenya, Basuba, Boni. August, 1975. 5-13153, acc no. 3174. File code: 6.2 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Beads strung on cotton thread- tip of Dik Dik (small antelope) hoof. Context of use: Made by women for young girls to wear on upper arm- sound amuses child. Description: Rattle, child's- 3 double strands of red beads, each with section of multicolored beads to which is attached a piece of dik-dik root. Tied at top to white button. L. 16 cm. w. 4 cm.