On Sunday 21 August, the Gardens, Animal Walk, Butterfly House and UrbanCrazy Golf will be closed for The Original Jerk Cookout. Visitors to the Museum will need to use the London Road gates.
Part of a medicine bundle in the form of a rattle. The rattle is made from a strip of leather (with fur attached) sewn together at the sides with a wooden stick inserted and extending from it to form the handle. Two feathers are attached to the corners of the rattle. The handle is wrapped in a long strip of leather holding a bundle of hair in place at the end.
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.
If you have any further information about objects in our collections or can suggest corrections to our information, please contact us: enquiry@horniman.ac.uk
