Rattle/ drum

Museum number:
5-13860
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-2097 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3515
Object count:
1
Description:
rattle/ drum; giant calabash encased in paired cotton cordage w/ wide encircling band of white cowries and cotton cordage in center; h. ca. 42 cm.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Oyo; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1951
Materials:
Calabash [remove] and Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
December 21, 1979
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 42 centimeters
Comment:
Object with this catalogue number is also on the counter top on the Mez. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-30-5
Loans:
S1963-1964 #111: North Brae Community Church/Foster V. Follett (May 7, 1964–May 11, 1964), S1972-1973 #108: Music (UC Berkeley) (April 26, 1973–August 15, 1977), S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975), S1992-1993 #19: SFO Museum (January 1992–April 30, 1993), and S1994-1995 #9b: SFO Museum (May 5, 1995–June 12, 1995)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Rattle/ drum, accession number 5-13860, described as rattle/ drum; giant calabash encased in paired cotton cordage w/ wide encircling band of white cowries and cotton cordage in center; h. ca. 42 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Rattle/ drum, accession number 5-13860, described as rattle/ drum; giant calabash encased in paired cotton cordage w/ wide encircling band of white cowries and cotton cordage in center; h. ca. 42 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Rattle/ drum, accession number 5-13860, described as rattle/ drum; giant calabash encased in paired cotton cordage w/ wide encircling band of white cowries and cotton cordage in center; h. ca. 42 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle/ drum, accession number 5-13860, described as rattle/ drum; giant calabash encased in paired cotton cordage w/ wide encircling band of white cowries and cotton cordage in center; h. ca. 42 cm.

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