Rattle

Museum number:
2-6469
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2662 (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:
Karluk, Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kodiak district; Karluk
Culture or time period:
Kodiak Eskimo and Koniag
Collector:
W. J. Fisher
Materials:
Sinew (material) and Wood (plant 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: cf. 2-6480; see Birket-Smith, Early Collections from the Pacific Eskimo, fig. 35, 36, and p. 159
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-6469, described as Double hoops with crossbar handle, pendant puffin bills attached with sinew cordage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-6469, described as Double hoops with crossbar handle, pendant puffin bills attached with sinew cordage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-6469, described as Double hoops with crossbar handle, pendant puffin bills attached with sinew cordage.

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