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Object Number 95-20-10/48401
Display Title Clam rattle of horn
Descriptions
Object Description Clam rattle of horn
Inventory Description Sculpture, horn in clam shape, carved facial features both sides
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th Century
Culture
  • Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Horn, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 16 x 10.4 x 6.7 cm (6 5/16 x 4 1/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 95-20-10/48401; 48401
Provenance
Collector Roderick MacKenzie (Prior to 1819)
Donor American Antiquarian Society (1895)

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