Dance rattle
Title
Dance rattle
Description
Dance rattle made of fruit shells, tied together in four bundles
Creator
Unknown
Rights
© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Provenance
Donated to the museum by "O. Lotichius" (presumably Otto Lotichius) in 1931. Until 02/2025, O. Lotichius was not mentioned and the receipt of the object was recorded as purchase in the database. However, the inventory book clearly indicated a donation by O. Lotichius.
Place of Creation
Seram (Central)
Collector
Date collected
1911
Physical Dimensions
12 cm (length of handle)
Materials
Fruit shell, string
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
27246
Curatorial notes
For a compareable dance rattle see Odo Deodatus Tauern's publication Patasiwa und Patalima: Vom Molukkeneiland Seran und seinen Bewohnern (1918, Leipzig: R. Voigtländer) table 99 e.
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Dance rattle,” The Mailopu Archive - Markus Mailopu and the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition, accessed December 30, 2025, https://www.mailopu.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/omeka/items/show/364.
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