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Raven dance rattle

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    Object Details

    Culture/People

    Haida

    Collector

    Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914

    Previous owner

    Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914

    Seller/source

    Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914

    Collection History

    Collected in 1886 by Reverend Thomas Crosby (1840-1914, an English missionary who worked with North Pacific Coast peoples from 1863 to about 1900); purchased by George Heye from Reverend Crosby in 1908.

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    Date created

    circa 1875

    Catalog Number

    1/8028

    Barcode

    018028.000

    Object Type

    Music and Sound

    Object Name

    Raven dance rattle

    Media/Materials

    Cedar, paint

    Techniques

    Carved, painted, incised, drilled

    Dimensions

    33 x 11 x 11 cm

    Place

    Skidegate; North Coast Regional District (Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District); British Columbia; Canada

    Archipelago

    Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)

    Island Name

    Graham Island

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    Haida
    Music and Sound

    On View

    NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals

    Data Source

    National Museum of the American Indian

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a8628c3f-1516-457c-a858-63200d952f0e

    Record ID

    NMAI_19129

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