Rattle

Museum number:
2-19482
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.871
Description:
Round, skin-headed; flexibly attached to hide-covered wooden handle with attached fringes.
Donor:
Henry B. Hickey Jr. and Mrs. H. B. Hickey Jr.
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Plains and Prairie tribes
Collector:
H. B. Hickey Sr. and Mrs. H. B. Hickey Sr.
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 29 centimeters and diameter 12.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1963-1964 #81: International House (UC Berkeley) (April 23, 1964–May 11, 1964)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-19482, described as Round, skin-headed; flexibly attached to hide-covered wooden handle with attached fringes.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-19482, described as Round, skin-headed; flexibly attached to hide-covered wooden handle with attached fringes.

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