Rattle
NA8492
From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA8492 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Sitka |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Deer Hoof | Wood | String | Bark |
| Description | Ring rattle made from deer hoofs attached to a circular wooden frame wrapped with bark. Hoofs are attached with thin string. Two types of bark are used in the wrapping. One bark used is more red in color and the other is more brown. A cross brace bisects the ring and acts as a handle for the rattle. |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918 |
| Other Number | RT5 - Other Number |
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