Rattle
Item number 1884.110.7 from the Pitt Rivers Museum.
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Notes Recorded During Mapping
Pitt Rivers sent this object to Bethnal Green Museum for display, as part of the first batch of objects sent there, probably in 1874. This object was listed in the Delivery Catalogue as having been transferred from South Kensington Museum in 1884
Item History
- Made in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada ?
- Owned by Pitt Rivers, Bethnal Green Museum and South Kensington Museum
- Received from Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers during 1884
What
- Name
- Rattle
- Identification Number
- 1884.110.7
- Type of Item
- rattle
- Material
- wood, spruce root plant ?, puffin beak bird and animal sinew
- Manufacturing Technique
- bound, carved, tied and bent
- Overall
- diameter 195.0 mm
Where
- Holding Institution
- Pitt Rivers Museum
- Made in
- Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada ?
Who
- Culture
- Haida ?
- Creator
- “Unknown” ?
- Field Collector
- “Unknown” ?
- Previous Owner
- Pitt Rivers, Bethnal Green Museum and South Kensington Museum
- Received from
- Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1884
Other
- Keyword
- Rattle; Dance Accessory; Ceremonial Object; Musical Instrument; Medical Accessory
- Class
- Music; Dance; Ceremonial; Medicine
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