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Object Number 07-34-10/72481
Display Title Pair of bone leg rattles
Descriptions
Indigenous Term de yo(n) de ji o do(n) dakwa
Object Description Pair of bone leg rattles
Inventory Description Leg rattles, hoofs and antler suspended from leather straps on fringe
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cayuga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Ontario
Additional Geographic Terms Six Nations Reservation
Dimensions Overall: 60 x 6.1 x 2.1 cm (23 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 07-34-10/72481
Provenance
Owner James Jamieson (1907)
Collector Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington (1907 - 1907)

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