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Object Number 15-14-10/86211
Display Title Rattle. Made out of bull or stallion scrotum.
Descriptions
Object Description Rattle. Made out of bull or stallion scrotum.
Inventory Description Rattle, tissue covered wood, sewn at sides, shoelace tie at end
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Date Late 1800s
Culture
  • Apache
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Dimensions Overall: 24 x 11 x 12 cm (9 7/16 x 4 5/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86211
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (01/01/1880-01/01/1914)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (01/01/1915)

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