Musical instrument
Item number 1951.2.15 from the Pitt Rivers Museum.
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Description
Rattle with incised design, bound with skin thongs, with stem pegged with nail and bound with string.
Research Notes
This object was viewed by Haida tribal members Vincent Collison, Lucille Bell, and Kwiaawah Jones on 7 September 2007 in preparation for a planned Haida community visit to PRM in 2009. **They felt that the object might be of Haida origin but were unsure. [L Peers, 24/01/2008]
Primary Documentation
Accession Book Entry - 'WELLCOME HISTORICAL MEDICAL MUSEUM, 28 PORTMAN SQUARE, LONDON, W.1.... - N. W. AMERICA. Rattle, two halves joined by skin thongs, and stem pegged with nail and bound with string. With incised design, partly totemic, of late and degenerate type. Length 28.3, width 14.6 cm. Sent from Seattle 31.8.33. W.H.M.M. no. 17187.'
Added Accession Book Entry - 'These objects are labelled 'Gift of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum' in accordance with the wish of the donors. v. letter from the Director, Dr. E. Ashworth Underwood, 30 Jan. 1951 (in pocket)'. Now in RDF GI 4/2/2002]
Card Catalogue Entry - N.W. AMERICA, COAST TRIBES Rattle, two halves joined by skin thongs and stem pegged with nail and bound with string. With incised design, partly totemic, of late and degenerate type. Gift of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum.
Related Documents File - Letter from E. Ashworth Underwood [Director, The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum] to T. K. Penniman dated 30 January, 1951, inviting the Pitt Rivers Museum to send a representative to select items from the Wellcome collection, housed temporarily at the British Museum. [GI 4/2/2002]
Item History
- Owned
- Received from Wellcome Historical Medical Museum during 1951
What
- Name
- Musical instrument
- Identification Number
- 1951.2.15
- Type of Item
- musical instrument
- Material
- wood, animal leather skin, iron metal and string
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, hollowed, incised and bound
- Overall
- width 146.0 mm
Where
- Holding Institution
- Pitt Rivers Museum
Who
- Culture
- Haida ?
- Previous Owner
- “Sent from Seattle on 31/8/1933” ?
- Received from
- Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1951
Other
- Keyword
- Musical instrument; Vessel; Rattle
- Class
- Music; Vessel
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