Knee rattles

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Culture/People: Cayuga [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]
Previous owner: James Jamieson (James Jamison), Cayuga [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]
Collector: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Seller: Covert & Harrington, Commercial Ethnologists

Collection History: Collected from James Jamieson (Six Nations Cayuga) in 1907 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member); purchased by George Heye, presumably from Harrington's firm, Covert & Harrington, Commercial Ethnologists (New York City), in 1907.
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Place: Six Nations Grand River Reserve; Brant County, Haldimand County; Ontario; Canada

See related items: Cayuga [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]; Music and Sound

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1/4632
Barcode: 014632.000

Object Type: Music and Sound
Indigenous Term: de yu'n de ji o' do'n da kwa'

Object Name: Knee rattles
Media/Materials: Hide, deer hoof/hooves
Techniques: Strung

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65d6cae46-6871-474f-a96c-2439677255d0

Record ID: NMAI_15732