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Cocoon rattle
Object Number 15-14-10/86210
Display Title Cocoon rattle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Rattle, cocoons strung with twisted vegetable fiber cord, 1 strand
Classification
  • Musical
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yuma
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Cocoon, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 261.5 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm (102 15/16 x 1 7/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 15-14-10/86210
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1915)

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