Rattle (Image withheld)
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- Culture/People
- Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
- Possible seller
- Arthur Wellesley Vowell (A. W. Vowell), Non-Indian, 1841-1918
- Possible owner
- Arthur Wellesley Vowell (A. W. Vowell), Non-Indian, 1841-1918
- MAI agent
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; probably from the collection of Arthur Wellesley Vowell (1841-1918, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for British Columbia); purchased by MAI in 1916 through Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899).
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- Place
- Fort Rupert; Mount Waddington Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
- Archipelago
- Vancouver Island Group
- Island Name
- Vancouver Island
- See related items
- Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
- Music and Sound
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 5/5044
- Barcode
- 055044.000
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
- Object Name
- Rattle (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Wood, cedar bark
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_59423