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Object Number
995-29-10/74549
Display Title
Pentagonal birchbark rattle with cross on top
Descriptions
Object Description
Birchbark rattle with wooden handle and cross on the top. Body of rattle is pentagonal with each section made of a folded piece of diamond shaped bark such that the ends of each section meet at the top and bottom of the rattle and the widest part forms the sides. Unpainted.
Inventory Description
Rattle, pentagonal folded bark chamber with wood handle and cross finial
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1980-1989
Culture
- Eastern Woodlands
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New York
Materials
Bark, Wood, Birchbark
Dimensions
Overall: 27 x 11.8 x 9.5 cm (10 5/8 x 4 5/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/74549/ MEXICO
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(?)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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