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Object Number
985-27-10/60184
Display Title
Dance rattle
Descriptions
Object Description
Arapaho dance rattle. Rattle created by antelope hooves strung along tube of hide. Also decorated w/ partially quill-wrapped leather thongs. Tail attached and dyed blue feathers cut into jagged edges. 77.3x10.6 cm.
Inventory Description
Wooden stick, covered with leather, leather and quill extensions, hanging hoofs
Classification
- Rattle
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Arapaho
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 77.3 x 10.6 cm (30 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60184, 34061
Provenance
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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