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Object Number 15-36-10/86409
Display Title Elongated rattle of birch wood loaded with pebbles. The handle end is carved
Descriptions
Object Description Elongated rattle of birch wood loaded with pebbles. The handle end is carved.
Inventory Description Rattle, carved, slit wood, fringed leather, brown and white feathers attached.
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 6.9 x 2.6 cm (10 1/4 x 2 11/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86409
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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