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Wooden dance rattle
Object Number 69-30-10/1775
Display Title Wooden dance rattle
Descriptions
Object Description Rattle carved in wood. Wooden dance rattle. Round or oval rattles are thought to be shaman's rattles. Some are carved with round hole in center. Ravens' heads flank the hole.
Inventory Description Carved wooden rattle, 2 bird heads with hole in center, painted.
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Haida?
  • Tlingit?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 23.5 x 10.3 x 4.5 cm (9 1/4 x 4 1/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 69-30-10/1775; L52/2/283 / 83
Provenance
Collector Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1867-1868)
Donor Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1869)

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