Dance Rattle
89-17-31
From: Papua New Guinea | Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 89-17-31 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Yonggom/Muyu |
| Provenience | Papua New Guinea | Western Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Seed Pod | Rattan | Peel | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Dance rattle. Seed shells string with Gnetum twine on a double cane backcurving frame. Two plaited rings of fiber at bottom end of the cane frame. Bamboo clasp (for attaching the rattle to a man's bark belt) lashed to the bottom of the frame. The rattle is worn upright, projecting backwards, hanging over the buttocks. missing is a fiber retaining ring that slips over the bamboo clasp, above the belt, to keep the clasp firmly clamped over the belt and the rattle securely in place. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Stuart A. Kirsch, 1989 |
| Other Number | 55 - Other Number |
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