Rattle

Museum number:

1-2014

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Alternate number:

598 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86

Description:

rattle, crab claw. Six maxilla fastened to string handle.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Northwestern California

Culture or time period:

Yurok

Collector:

Alfred L. Kroeber

Collection date:

1902

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Musical rattles

Function:

1.1 Hunting and Fishing

Accession date:

1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902

Context of use:

Used to give alarm in fishing.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

32 centimeters

Comment:

References: "Ill. in Waterman, Native Musical Instruments of California; Outwest, April, 1908

Loans:

S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966), S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965), and S1987-1988 #36: Mills College (March 11, 1988–May 23, 1988)

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