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Object Number
985-27-10/60164
Display Title
Crow dance rattle. Bison hide covering, blue pony beads, red pigment
Descriptions
Object Description
Crow dance rattle. Bison hide covering sewn around middle of rattle and around wood handle. Blue pony beads attached along seam. Appears to have once been covered w/ red pigment. 21.6x6.4 cm.
Inventory Description
Rattle, stretched leather sewn, rattle inside, 6 blue pony beads attached
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Crow
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Montana
Materials
Leather, Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 21.6 x 6.4 x 9 cm (8 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60164; 24657
Provenance
Collector
William Wildschut
(? - ?)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(? - 1985)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(? - 1985)
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