Rattle

Museum number:
2-6470
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2663 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Round wooden rattle with widthwise grip. Red top and bottom, white on edges.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Introduced type.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 21.8 centimeters
Loans:
S1972-1973 #60: Fowler Museum of Cultural History (UC Los Angeles) (March 9, 1973–June 19, 1973)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-6470, described as Round wooden rattle with widthwise grip. Red top and bottom, white on edges.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-6470, described as Round wooden rattle with widthwise grip. Red top and bottom, white on edges.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-6470, described as Round wooden rattle with widthwise grip. Red top and bottom, white on edges.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-6470, described as Round wooden rattle with widthwise grip. Red top and bottom, white on edges.

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