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Wooden dance rattle
Object Number 88-51-10/50486
Display Title Wooden dance rattle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden bird rattle, face on 1 side, human, bird on other, painted.
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit?
  • Haida?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 32.8 x 11.3 x 9.4 cm (12 15/16 x 4 7/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 88-51-10/50486; 60213 / Alaska. J.J.McLean
Credit Line Exchange with the Smithsonian Institution, 1888
Provenance
Collector J. J. McLean (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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