One of a pair of rattle bones. For the other of the pair see 1941.8.291 .3 [MdeA 7/1/2020]

Collection type: Object
Description: One of a pair of rattle bones. For the other of the pair see 1941.8.291 .3 [MdeA 7/1/2020]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Henry Trim; PRM source Mrs Henry (probably Mary) Trim
Date / Period: Date made: 1900-1941
Date collected: By 1941
Acquisition information: Donated: 1941
Materials and processes: Material Cattle Bone Animal
Dimensions: Width: max 28 mm, Length: max 137 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1941.8.291.4
Research and responses: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel_show describes minstrel shows as 'The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American entertainment consisting of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music, performed by white people in blackface or, especially after the American Civil War, African Americans in blackface. Minstrel shows portrayed and lampooned blacks in stereotypical and often disparaging ways'.