Ceremonial rattle

Object/Artifact

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Ceremonial rattle

Entry/Object ID

E-207

Description

An unadorned rattle made by Merrill Yaiva. It was handmade from native cottonwood and gourd, with a white, zig-zag stripe on top, and three noddulas aroud the back, three on the front, as if imitaing a face, and one pointed noddual on top. there are also feathers hagning from some of the nooduales. There is a white string threaded through a small hole at the bottom of the handle

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Ethnography
Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

14.01.25

Made/Created

Artist

Merrill Yaiva

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Southwest

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Hopi
Native American

Dimensions

Length

27.3 cm

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Notes

There are scratches on one side of the rattle but it's free from discoloration.