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Object Number 08-16-10/73084
Display Title Leg rattle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Rattle, turtle shell, broken, perf. withhide suspending 4 trimmed hoofs, thong
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Pueblo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Dimensions Overall: 15.5 x 11 x 6.4 cm (6 1/8 x 4 5/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 08-16-10/73084
Provenance
Donor Mrs. Lewis H. Farlow (1908)

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