Bird Rattle
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
First Nation
Northwest Coast
collected 1820-1860
Wood, paint, sinew, and blue glass beads
Overall: 2 × 10 1/16 × 3 1/16 in. (5.1 × 25.5 × 7.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly
22.3.1956
Geography
Place Made: Vancouver Island, Canada, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by "an old sea captain," about 1820-1860; to General John Hewston, California; bequeathed to his niece, Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly (1851-1927), West Newton, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1922.
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