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Rattle made from pumpkin skin

Index card: pumpkin rattle, the neck wrapping is covered with black wax; surface covered with incised ornaments; a crack in the pumpkin is patched with pieces of metal and painted over with black wax. Contents for rattling: seeds, glass beads, pieces of metal etc. Used for dancing and magic. Light brown woollen ribbon to seal the stopper.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Tobá
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 cm
Depth: 20 cm
Material/Technique
Wool , Glass beads, Seeds , Metal , Wax, Pumpkin
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V C 3189

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Argentina
    Gran Chaco
    who
    Tobá
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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