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Object Number 2004.24.30103
Display Title Oyster catcher rattle
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Music and Sound Communication
Subject
  • rattle
  • Oyster Catcher
Department Photographic
Date 1982
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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