Rattle used in the Star Dance (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- circa 1890
- Culture/People
- Skidi Chaticks Si Chaticks (Skidi Pawnee/Skiri Pawnee)
- Previous owner
- Paul J. Warner (Paul John Warner), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Seller
- Paul J. Warner (Paul John Warner), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Paul J. Warner (1881-1950, an amateur ethnologist employed at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois); purchased by MAI from Paul Warner in 1949.
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- Place
- Oklahoma; USA
- See related items
- Skidi Chaticks Si Chaticks (Skidi Pawnee/Skiri Pawnee)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Plains & Plateau
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 21/3016
- Barcode
- 213016.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Rattle used in the Star Dance (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Gourd, wood, hide, hide thong/babiche, sinew, paint
- Techniques
- Cut, incised, carved, wrapped, painted
- Dimensions
- 27.9 x 10.6 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_227482