Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 43316 A-B reads: Neck ornaments'
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett

Context (Acquisition Details)
Possibly acquired by MAA in April 1934.
Event Date 4/1934
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found with item Z 11350 A-B and Z 43315 inside Z 11345 A, a rectangular palm leaf box to keep feather ornaments in.

Event Date 04/08/1986
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: Removed from display panels 69/70 on 4.8.1986.
Event Date 4/8/1986
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Related Documents)
For further information see T. Cotterill's research notes (UCMAA archive reference number W19/1/4), which includes: references to Whiffen's notes on each object type with additional notes; a survey of similar objects from the same ethic groups in the collections of other British museums, cross-referenced with each object; general notes on the Whiffen collection and a historical introduction to the region in which Whiffen collected, with a bibliography; a brief biography of the collector together with correspondence with the Whiffen family; cross-references to Whiffen photographs.
Local term for object is taken from Whiffen (ibid: 299-301).

Event Date 01/06/1997
Author: Louise Puckett

Context (Analysis)
Probably a leg rattle. This type of rattle would have been worn on the right ankle.
Ethnic group suggested because those objects in the Whiffen collection whose ethnic group is known are Witotoan. It is therefore probable that similar objects in the collection are also be Witotoan. Location suggested because this is the region in which Whiffen travelled and collected.
Event Date 01/06/1997
Author: Louise Puckett

Context (Related Documents)
The MAA Photograph Collections contain approximately 100 images made on the same expedition, many of which depict the same types of objects in use.
Event Date 1/6/1997
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 43316 A-B: 'Rattle of coarse, plaited ?palm fibre with smaller cords hanging from it. Bell-shaped half nutshell hanging from end of each cord.'
Event Date 1/6/1997
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Rattle to be worn on the right ankle or possibly a neck ornament. Made from coarse plaited fibre, possibly palm, with smaller cords hanging from it. 26 bell-shaped half nutshell hanging from end of each cord.
Event Date 18/6/2021
Author: Louise Puckett