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Culture/People
Coushatta (Koasati)
Previous owner
Paul Williams, Coushatta (Koasati)
Collector
Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Object Name
Rattle (No image available)
Media/Materials
Gourd, wood
Techniques
Painted
Object Type
Music and Sound
Native Term
wa ka dji
Place
Near Elton; Elton; Jefferson Davis Parish; Louisiana; USA
Collection History
Collected from Paul Williams (Coushatta) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.