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Shaman's rattle

Shaman's rattle

1850–66
Object PlaceStikine region, Alaska, United States
Medium/TechniqueCedar, pigment, hair, metal, and rock material
Dimensions29.21 x 12.7 x 11.11 cm (11 1/2 x 5 x 4 3/8 in.)
Credit LineSeth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession number1993.1
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ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceProbably acquired in Alaska by Captain Ira Harris (b. about 1843) and passed by descent to his grandson, Thomas Willins, and his wife, Lillian Willins, Bridgton, ME; consigned by Thomas and Lillian Willins to George Morrill (auctioneer); not sold by Morrill, and consigned to Gerald Bell (auctioneer), Falmouth, ME; November 14, 1992, sold by Bell at the Italian Heritage Center, Portland, ME, to Thomas Degnan and Nancy Walker, Rhode Island; January 9, 1993, sale (consigned by Degnan and Walker), Skinner, Bolton, MA, lot 351, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 27, 1993)