FMNH 272603.nosub[1]

  • 272603 kupe'e niho 'ilio, dog tooth rattle
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: AT mounted
  • 272603 kupe'e niho 'ilio, dog tooth rattle
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: BT front
  • 272603 kupe'e niho 'ilio, dog tooth rattle
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: BT back
  • 272603 kupe'e niho 'ilio, dog tooth rattle
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: BT top
  • 272603 kupe'e niho 'ilio, dog tooth rattle
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: BT bottom
  • 272603 kupe'e niho 'ilio, dog tooth rattle
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: BT proper left
  • 272603 kupe'e niho 'ilio, dog tooth rattle
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: BT proper right
  • 272603 kupe'e niho 'ilio, dog tooth rattle
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Detail 1.
  • 272603 kupe'e niho 'ilio, dog tooth rattle
    Photographer: Karen Bean : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: leg rattle
  • 272603 kupe'e niho 'ilio, dog tooth rattle
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Overall.
  • 272603 kupe'e niho 'ilio, dog tooth rattle
    Photographer: Ron Testa : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Leg rattle ornament in the form of an isosceles trapezoid. the cord base is covered with rows of native Hawaiian canine teeth and carved black wooden teeth.
  • 272603 kupe'e niho 'ilio, rattle
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Kupe'e, leg rattle ornament in the form of an isosceles trapezoid. the cord base is covered with rows of native Hawaiian canine teeth and carved black wooden teeth.
  • 272603 kupe'e niho 'ilio, dog tooth rattle
    Photographer: J. P. Brown : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Arrival at Museo Nacional de Antropologia: installed in case V50
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    Scanner: Allison Coates : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | Catalogue No. 272603 | ENT | Accession No. 2616 | Field Catalogue No. FC-3879 | Negative No. 109882 97119 left | Sub. Ind. No. 51-26 | General Provenience: Polynesia (Hawaii) | Where collected: | Where made: | Attribution: | Tribe: | People: | Culture: Hawaiian | Brief description: Leg rattle ornament (kupe'e niho 'ilio) | Detailed description: Ornament is in the form of an isosceles trapezoid, the outer surface of which is covered with rows of closely set canine teeth of the Hawaiian native dog and with some number of wooden "teeth" carved of black wood. The foundation of the object is of cord | See reverse x | Dimensions (in cm.): | length: 24.5 | width: | height: | circumference: | diameter: | Fuller Collection: Purchased from Captain A.W.F. Fuller of London, England, in 1958 | Acquired by Fuller on Nov. 20, 1905. [BACK] and the teeth are affixed by the drawing of the cords in the foundation through holes in the root areas of the teeth. A binding cord is affixed to one side in the uppermost loop of which there are three on each side. A border of twisted blue and red cloth fringes the face of the object on top and both side edges. By Fuller's count there are 268 teeth and 37 substitute teeth of wood, making a total of 305 teeth. | 272603
Catalog Number: 272603.nosub[1]
Description: rattle
Materials: animal tooth; dog, wood, fiber cord, cloth
Cultural Attribution: Hawaiian
Accession Number: [2616] A. W. F. Fuller (Purchase)
Accession Year:
Other Numbers: FC 3829, 97111, 109882
Collector/Source: Captain Alfred W. F. Fuller, Captain Alfred W. F. Fuller
EMu IRN: 2187644
GUID: 121f9279-80c8-4c6b-8f25-29ce7001859d

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