Rattle in the Shape of an Oystercatcher, lugan

possibly Tlingit
Tlingit
Northwest Coast

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early to mid-20th century

Wood, rocks, paint and varnish

Overall: 18 1/16 × 6 in. (45.8 × 15.3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Glover Street Hastings III

181.2.26117

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Musical Instrument

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Northwest Coast

Not on view

Exhibition History

The Commanding Presence of Imagery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1989.

Provenance

Possibly collected at Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, Seattle, Washington (old # J.15); collected by Glover Street Hastings III, West Newton, Massachusetts and Bridgeton, Maine, 1920's-1930's; bequeathed to his daughter, Carlena Hastings Redfield (1888-1981), 1949; bequeathed to present collection [under the terms of her father's will], 1981.

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