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Dance rattle
Object Number 02-14-10/63457
Display Title Dance rattle
Descriptions
Object Description Dance rattle
Inventory Description Rattle, round head, 2 pieces lashed with string, abstract painted designs
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast
Materials Wood, Fiber, Twine, Stone?
Dimensions Overall: 30.5 x 18.1 x 7.7 cm (12 x 7 1/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 02-14-10/63457
Provenance
Collector Unknown
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (5/01/1902)

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