Dr. Alfred Metraux’s Gourd Rattles

- Title: Gourd Rattle “Asson” “Baksor”
- Donor Name: Dr. Alfred Metraux
- Culture: Haitian
- Object Type: Rattle
- Place: Croix-Des-Bouquets (Near Port-Au-Prince), Ouest Province, Haiti, Caribbean
- Accession Date: 1942-Jun-19
- Topic: Ethnology
- Accession Number: 163278
- Catalog Number: E382581-0
- USNM Number: E382581
- Specimen Count: 1
- Notes: GOURD RATTLE, NARROW END SERVES AS HANDLE. COVERED WITH LOOSE RETICULATE NETTING OF COLORED GLASS, PROCELIAN BEADS, AND SNAKE VERTEBRAE. THE “ASSON” IS THE SACRED RATTLE USED BY A HOUNGAN (PRIEST) OR MAMBO (PRIESTESS) TO COMMUNICATE WITH DIETIES DURING VODOUN SERVICES. FREQUENTLY USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH DIVINING. THIS SPECIMEN ORIGINALLY COLLECTED BY CATHOLIC CLERGY DURING A CAMPAIGN TO ERADICATE VODOUN PRACTICE.
- Record Last Modified: 26 Feb 2009
- Data Source: NMNH – Anthropology Dept.
- Record Identifier: nmnhanthropology_8417964
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- Source: The Smithsonian Institution.
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