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Vessel rattle
Native American, Diné [Navajo]
1900–25
Object Place: New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Gourd, wood
Dimensions
Length 18.1 cm, diameter 7.6 cm (Length 7 1/8 in., diameter 3 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1984.313
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Idiophones
DescriptionLight-orange pear-shaped gourd pierced by handle of Osage orange wood, with cotton cord tied around top end. Small cross-shaped holes in gourd representing celestial patterns of stars; twelve on one side, seven on opposite side. Stones (?) inside.
Provenance1984, sold by Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)