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Object Number 04-10-10/64028
Display Title Shaman's copper rattle
Descriptions
Object Description Shaman's copper rattle with human face on obverse and reverse
Inventory Description Copper rattle, human face, etched, shell inlay, hair along top edge, wood handle
Classification
  • Rattle
Department Ethnographic
Date 1904 or earlier
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Wood, Leather, Shell, Copper alloy, Abalone, Human hair, Animal hide
Dimensions Overall: 34.3 x 17 x 9.5 cm (13 1/2 x 6 11/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 04-10-10/64028
Credit Line Gift of Lewis H. Farlow, 1904
Provenance
Collector Unknown (1904)
Intermediary Grace A. Nicholson (1904)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1904)

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