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Rattle - leather wrapped stick with hair on one end and rattle at other
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Object Number 61-1-10/39022
Display Title Rattle - leather wrapped stick with hair on one end and rattle at other
Descriptions
Inventory Description Rattle, head and handle wrapped in leather, fur, quills, end w/ leather, hair at
Classification
  • Shaft, modified
  • Musical
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Additional Geographic Terms Plains
Dimensions Overall: 47 x 4.5 x 3.3 cm (18 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 61-1-10/39022
Provenance
Collector Amelia Elizabeth White (? - ?)
Donor Dr. William White Howells (January 2, 1961)

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