Rattle Item Number: E7443-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "MADE OF THE WOODLAND CARIBOU, SOME STRINGS OF PTARMIGAN BEAKS. THE POINT OF THE DEW CLAWS HAVE BEEN CUT OFF TO FURNISH AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH A THONG OF HIDE HAS BEEN PASSED AND KNOTTED TO RETAIN THE DEW CLAW. THE EDGE OF END HAS BEEN NOTCHED, FORMING TEETH. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1896, FIG. 202, P. 563." The publication referenced above identifies this object as something that would have been tied to a person's belt, "notably on little boys", to make a rattling sound when the person moved.This object is listed, but not described or analyzed, in Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/68 , retrieved 1-28-2020.
Item History
- Made in Northwest Territories, Canada
- Collected in Northwest Territories, Canada
- Received from Roderick R. MacFarlane on January 7, 1869
What
- Name
- Rattle
- Identification Number
- E7443-0
- Type of Item
- rattle
Who
- Culture
- Eskimo, Inuit and Inuvialuk
- Received from
- Roderick R. MacFarlane
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Northwest Territories, Canada
- Collected in
- Northwest Territories, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on January 7, 1869
Other
- Accession Number
- 69A00012