Dance rattle: Museum Object and Cultural History
Dance rattle: Date: 1800s. Created by: Unidentified. Type: fetters.
The object in the museum catalogue
Metal dance rattle with oval shaped hole in center. Sides of rattle have flattened pieces of metal that create little compartments. Inside these small spaces are small pebbles that make noise when the rattle is jostled. Attached at one side of rattle are four metal rings, two at each end of the side.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1800s
- Created by: Unidentified
- Type: fetters
- Type: rattles
- Medium: metal
- Dimensions: 2 × 7 1/2 × 5 3/4 in. (5.1 × 19.1 × 14.6 cm)
- Cultural Place: West Africa, Africa
- Place collected: Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Africa
- Topic: African diaspora
- Topic: Dance
- Topic: Music
- Topic: Religion
- Topic: Religious rituals and ceremonies
- Topic: Slavery
- Object number: 2014.312.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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