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Rattle (Image withheld)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected at an unknown date from a Salish woman by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899); purchased from Emmons by MAI from in 1936.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 19/771
- Barcode
- 190771.000
- Culture/People
- probably Haida (attributed); collected among the Cowichan
- Previous owner
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Seller
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Rattle (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Copper, wood, mountain goat wool yarn, cedar bark
- Techniques
- Carved, wrapped
- Place
- Kw'amutsun (Quamichan), Cowichan River; Cowichan Valley Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
- See related items
- Haida
- Cowichan
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Record ID
- NMAI_203960
- Usage
- CC0
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