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Object Number
985-27-10/60160
Display Title
Dance rattle. Leather decorated w/ red pigment, feathers, quillwork
Descriptions
Object Description
Dance rattle; possibly medicine rattle used for doctoring. Leather covered w/ red pigment. Handle of cloth wrapped around leather. Feathers hang off top. Quilled loops and loops w/ hooves hang off body of rattle. Quilled strips around handle. Weasel tail hangs off bottom of handle. 66.3x11.4 cm.
Inventory Description
Rattle, red leather head, feather and quill extension loops, wrapped wool handle
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Arapaho
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 66.3 x 11.4 x 11.5 cm (26 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60160
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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