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Shaman's wooden rattles
Object Number 14-27-10/85691
Display Title Shaman's wooden rattles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Percussion, rattle, carved wood, punctate, 2 halves lashed and mended w/ rawhide
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms Skeena River, Upper
Materials Wood, Rawhide, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 28.5 x 13.4 x 11.5 cm (11 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 14-27-10/85691
Provenance
Collector Lt. George Thornton Emmons (?)
Donor Lt. George Thornton Emmons (1914)

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