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Rattle in the form of a bird

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  • Rattle

    Object Details

    Culture/People

    Makah

    Collector

    Dorr F. Tozier (D. F. Tozier), Non-Indian, 1843-1946

    Previous owner

    Dorr F. Tozier (D. F. Tozier), Non-Indian, 1843-1946
    Seattle Land and Improvement Company
    Fred E. Sander (Fred Everett Sander), Non-Indian, 1854-1921

    Seller

    Seattle Land and Improvement Company
    Fred E. Sander (Fred Everett Sander), Non-Indian, 1854-1921

    Seller agent

    George Louis Berg (G. L. Berg), Non-Indian, 1868-1941

    Collection History

    Collected between 1894 and 1907 by Captain Dorr F. Tozier (1843-1926, associated with the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service); Tozier's collection was purchased in 1909 by the Washington State Art Association (Seattle, Washington); when the Association defaulted on its payments for the collection in 1916, it became the property of the Seattle Land Improvement Company, owned by Fred E. Sander (1854-1921); in 1917, George Louis Berg (1868-1941, director of the Washington State Art Association) negotiated on Fred Sander’s behalf to sell the collection, which was purchased that year by MAI using funds donated by MAI’s Board of Trustees.

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    Date created

    circa 1800

    Catalog Number

    6/8859

    Barcode

    068859.000

    Object Type

    Music and Sound

    Object Name

    Rattle in the form of a bird

    Media/Materials

    Wood, paint

    Techniques

    Carved, painted

    Dimensions

    39 x 14 x 15 cm

    Place

    Washington; USA

    See related items

    Makah
    Music and Sound

    On View

    NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Northwest Coast

    Data Source

    National Museum of the American Indian

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6954a0b88-f344-4ad7-8726-27bd91f4d119

    Record ID

    NMAI_74418

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