Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Guajajára (Guajajara) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Luis P. Correa (Luis Prudente Correa), Non-Indian
- Seller
- Luis P. Correa (Luis Prudente Correa), Non-Indian
- Possible owner
- Fundacao Nacional do Indio (Brazilian National Indian Foundation/FUNAI), 1967-
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from Luis P. Correa in 1979; Correa may have been acting for FUNAI (the Fundacao Nacional do Indio or Brazilian National Indian Foundation) or may have purchased the item in Brazil in a shop run by FUNAI.
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- Date created
- 1970-1980
- Catalog Number
- 25/1020
- Barcode
- 251020.000
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
- Object Name
- Rattle
- Media/Materials
- Gourd, cotton cord/cordage, job's tear seeds
- Techniques
- Perforated, knotted, strung, tied
- Dimensions
- 20 x 10 cm
- Place
- Maranhão State, Northeast Region; Brazil
- See related items
- Guajajára (Guajajara)
- Music and Sound
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_266816
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f491a4f2-8441-4fd7-9b99-f2540eeb971f
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