Rattle

Museum number:
2-18834
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Skin covered wood handle with attached rattle of bison hoof; attached trapezoidal shaped ornament of beaded buckskin; blue/green beads.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Teton Dakota
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
To accompany dancing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 48 centimeters
Comment:
Exhibited: "UCLMA Plains Indians, 1971
Loans:
S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975), S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975), S1976-1977 #28: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (November 19, 1976–May 9, 1977), S1982-1983 #23: University of California, Berkeley (January 14, 1983–March 24, 1983), and S1994-1995 #9: SFO Museum (April 7, 1995–December 1995)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Rattle, accession number 2-18834, described as Skin covered wood handle with attached rattle of bison hoof; attached trapezoidal shaped ornament of beaded buckskin; blue/green beads.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Rattle, accession number 2-18834, described as Skin covered wood handle with attached rattle of bison hoof; attached trapezoidal shaped ornament of beaded buckskin; blue/green beads.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Rattle, accession number 2-18834, described as Skin covered wood handle with attached rattle of bison hoof; attached trapezoidal shaped ornament of beaded buckskin; blue/green beads.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Rattle, accession number 2-18834, described as Skin covered wood handle with attached rattle of bison hoof; attached trapezoidal shaped ornament of beaded buckskin; blue/green beads.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-18834, described as Skin covered wood handle with attached rattle of bison hoof; attached trapezoidal shaped ornament of beaded buckskin; blue/green beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-18834, described as Skin covered wood handle with attached rattle of bison hoof; attached trapezoidal shaped ornament of beaded buckskin; blue/green beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-18834, described as Skin covered wood handle with attached rattle of bison hoof; attached trapezoidal shaped ornament of beaded buckskin; blue/green beads.

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