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Vessel rattle (shinshin)

before 1893

Object PlacePossibly Wyoming, United States

Medium/TechniqueLeather, wood, feathers

DimensionsLength 41.5 cm, diameter 6 cm (Length 16 5/16 in., diameter 2 3/8 in.)

Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection

Accession number17.2247

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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ProvenanceBetween about 1882 and 1892, probably acquired at the Darlington Agency, Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Reservation, Oklahoma by Henry R. Voth (b. 1855 - d. 1931) [see note] and later sold to the United States National Museum (Smithsonian Institution), Washington, DC (cat. no. 165,942); 1902, exchanged by the U.S. National Museum with Francis W. Galpin (b. 1858 - d. 1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (b. 1858 - d. 1922), Boston; 1916, gift of William Lindsey to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)

NOTE: Voth was a missionary who worked at the Darlington Agency between 1882 and 1892.