This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
Geologic Age:
20th century
Notes:
A dried gourd rattle covered with a white woven net. The net has been fitted over the bulbous section of the gourd and cinched with a thicker string, though the netting is very loose over the gourd. Several dozen small oblong seeds from the flame tree, or royal Poinciana, are attached to the net where a hole has been drilled through the seed and a section of the netting threaded through. All the seeds have been drilled through one end allowing them to more easily beat against the gourd body. The top of the gourd has a 3cm diameter hole carved into it. The curved handle of the rattle has a string threaded through a hole drilled at on the end.