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Cocoon rattle
Object Number 05-7-10/64521
Display Title Cocoon rattle
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Suck-ea-sah
Object Description Cocoon rattle used by the singers.
Inventory Description Rattle, carved wooden handle attached to cocoons with red and white string.
Classification
  • Musical
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Miwok
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / Calaveras County
Additional Geographic Terms West Point, near
Materials Wood, Cocoon, Seed?
Dimensions Overall: 39 x 7 x 0.8 cm (15 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64521
Provenance
Owner Capt. Eph Cummings (? - 1905)
Collector E. L. McLeod (1905 - 1905)
Dealer Grace A. Nicholson (1905 - 1905)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1905)

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