Rattle

about 1900

Object Placecoastal British Columbia, Northwest Coast, Canada

Medium/TechniqueWood (probably alder and birch), paint, gut, and rock material

Dimensions26.67 x 9.52 x 4.44 cm (10 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Elizabeth Wetherill McMeel and The Seminarians

Accession number1996.28

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsMusical instruments

Collections

ProvenanceSaid to have been sold from the collection of an English country house to an unknown dealer, England; sold by this dealer to Taylor A. Dale, London [see note]; 1981, sold by Taylor Dale to William E. Channing and Co., Santa Fe, NM; 1996, sold by William E. Channing and Co. to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 27, 1996)

NOTE: According to William Channing at the time of acquisition.