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Wooden rattle
Object Number 88-51-10/50451
Display Title Wooden rattle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wood bird rattle, painted, with metal exhibit mount attached.
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Sitka Borough / Sitka
Materials Wood, Pigment, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 25.5 x 6.8 x 5.6 cm (10 1/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 88-51-10/50451; (88729)
Provenance
Collector James G. Swan (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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