Clapper Item Number: E16285-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "DANCE RATTLE OR CLAPPER CARVED FROM WOOD IN THE SHAPE OF A SHORT THICK PADDLE, SPLIT LONGITUDINALLY ACROSS ITS WIDTH. ONE SECTION IS SOLID WITH ITS HANDLE; THE OTHER IS HINGED TO HANDLE WITH A NOTCH BONE SPRING. THE FLAT SIDES OF EACH SECTION ARE HOLLOWED OUT LIKE A SPOON. THE WOOD IS STAINED BLACK. ILLUS. IN BULLETIN 136, USNM, PL. 8-J, P. 121."
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Dr. William H. Dall in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Received from U.S. Coast Survey during 1874
What
- Name
- Clapper
- Identification Number
- E16285-0
- Type of Item
- clapper
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Dr. William H. Dall
- Received from
- U.S. Coast Survey
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1874
Other
- Accession Number
- 003195