Rattle fragment

Museum number:
2-34004
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1631
Description:
Fringed buckskin rattle handle decoration; wrapped with thread-sewn green, white and blue glass beads. Type common to many Northern Plains tribes.
Donor:
Estate of W. H. Middleton
Collection place:
South Dakota
Verbatim coll. place:
South Dakota
Culture or time period:
Dakota
Collector:
W. H. Middleton
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Production date:
ca. 1900-1940
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 25 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: Cf. 2-18834.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle fragment, accession number 2-34004, described as Fringed buckskin rattle handle decoration; wrapped with thread-sewn green, white and blue glass beads. Type common to many Northern Plains tribes.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle fragment, accession number 2-34004, described as Fringed buckskin rattle handle decoration; wrapped with thread-sewn green, white and blue glass beads. Type common to many Northern Plains tribes.

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