The Aquarium will be closed all day on Wednesday 27 April, and reopen from Thursday 28 April.
Painted tin butterfly toy, known as a mantraca, an Easter rattle. Makes noise when rotated.
Called a 'cog rattle'. Held by the handle and spun to create the rattling sound. Used as part of Easter celebrations in Mexico, typically on Easter Saturday alongside large paper figures of Judas which are stuffed with fireworks and paraded through the town before being exploded and outside of church on Easter Sunday.
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The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive.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
