Rattle

Museum number:
2-6480
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006480
Alternate number:
x-2673 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Double hoops with crossbar handle, pendant puffin bills attached with sinew cordage.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kodiak district; Kodiak Island
Culture or time period:
Kodiak Eskimo and Koniag
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Dance rattles.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 18 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: "Kas-nai-ak" References: Birket-Smith, Early Collections from the Pacific Eskimo, p. 159 and fig. 35, 36.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-6480, described as Double hoops with crossbar handle, pendant puffin bills attached with sinew cordage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-6480, described as Double hoops with crossbar handle, pendant puffin bills attached with sinew cordage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-6480, described as Double hoops with crossbar handle, pendant puffin bills attached with sinew cordage.

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