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Object Number
95-20-10/48399
Display Title
Ancient form of dance rattle
Descriptions
Object Description
Ancient form of dance rattle; round puffin beak rattle. Used for musical accompaniment, these rattles are constructed from bark - wrapped twines arranged in 3 concentric circles, with a wooden cross piece. Puffin beak attached with cedar bark twine.
Inventory Description
Rattle, bark-wrapped wood frame/handle, circular, puffin beaks tied with sinew
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Haida?
- Tlingit?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials
Bird beak, Wood, Bark, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 25.5 x 24.8 x 2 cm (10 1/16 x 9 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
95-20-10/48399
Provenance
Collector
Roderick MacKenzie
(?)
Donor
American Antiquarian Society
(1895)
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