rattle

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Object Type
Museum number: Am1890,0908.183
Description: Rattle; carved of wood; in the form of bird (merganser or cormorant?) filled with stones (?), seeds (?); painted black with red stripe around neck; curvilinear designs carved on back; feet carved on underside, painted red.
Production ethnic group
Production date: 1890 (before)
Production place: Made in: Koniag (?); Made in: Katmai (?)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: North America
Materials: wood; stone (?); seed (?)
Technique: carved; painted
Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres; Width: 9 centimetres; Depth: 25.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 1989-1991, London, Museum of Mankind; A Victorian Earl in the Arctic: The Travels and Collections of the Fifth Earl of Lonsdale, 1888-9
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1890
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Am1890,0908.183

Free entry