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Object Number
995-29-10/73367
Display Title
Coiled rattle of Navajo kachina
Descriptions
Object Description
Coiled rattle with wooden handle. Full head of Navajo kachina with brown face with protruding nose, black hair, and black, yellow, and brown headband. Protruding feather also of black, yellow, and brown. Handle is painted white. Filled with metal bells. Made of thick and soft grass or yucca bundles sewn with yucca fiber dyed in aniline or vegetal dyes.
Inventory Description
Rattle, coiled head with figurative human head, wood shaft, synthetic hanger
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960s-1980s
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Second Mesa
Materials
Yucca, Wood, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 21.2 x 9.3 x 8.7 cm (8 3/8 x 3 11/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Distance: 7.4 x 8.4 x 20 cm (2 15/16 x 3 5/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73367
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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