Rattle
29-10-69
From: Canada | Quebec | Maniwaki | River Desert Reserve
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-10-69 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Algonkin |
| Provenience | Canada | Quebec | Maniwaki | River Desert Reserve |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Locus | Reservation six miles south of Maniwaki |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Birch Bark |
| Iconography | Dance |
| Description | "cici gw n. The drum and the rattle are used in connection with social dances which are held occasionally by the River Desert people. Wooden handle and cylindrical end made of wide splint, bent in circle with wooden top and bottom; filled with small rattling objects." (catalogue card - see card for native name) |
| Height | 6 cm |
| Length | 20 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 9 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Frederick Johnson (#1-93) / Gift of Frank Speck (#94-99), 1929 |
| Other Number | CG2016-2-279 - Found in Collection Number |
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