Rattle

ClassificationsTools and Equipment-musical instruments-rattles

Culture Hopi

Made AtArizona, United States, North America

MediumString, paint, cottonwood and pebble

Dimensions11 x 7 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (27.9 x 18.4 x 16.5 cm)

Credit LineGift from the Collection of June Kennady Robertson

Object number89.1.22

DescriptionThe gourd has been modified to represent a head. Two large knobs of cottonwood serve as the ears. One knob at the back of the head may represent the nose of a second face. An additional knob is atop the gourd. The eyes and mouth of the primary fact are tubular. The handle is fashioned of cottonwood. Feathers dangle from each knob. The gourd is painted orange-red, the handle is white. N. Arizona. Resembles mudhead Katsina.

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