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Object Number
39-30-10/18241
Display Title
Dance rattle made from a tin can wrapped with beadwork, feather, bell, & ribbon
Descriptions
Object Description
Dance rattle made from a tin can wrapped with beadwork, feather, bell, and ribbon decoration.
Inventory Description
Rattle, tin can attached to long stick, wrapped and decorated with beadwork, twill weave blue fabric, silk ribbon, brass bells, chicken feathers, hide extension at top of stick, beaded, bells
Classification
- Unclassified
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Arapaho
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Tin, Glass, Hide, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 73 x 16 x 7 cm (28 3/4 x 6 5/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
18241
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Henry M. Wheelwright
(1901)
Intermediary
Mrs. Henry M. Wheelwright
Donor
Mrs. Ruth E. Wheelwright
(1939)
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