Knee rattles (Image withheld)
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- Culture/People
- Diné (Navajo)
- Previous owner
- Jim Anthony (James Bennett Anthony), Non-Indian, 1897-1959
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired by MAI through an exchange with Jim Anthony (1897-1959, owner of an antique store in El Segundo, California) in 1952.
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- Place
- Arizona, New Mexico; USA
- See related items
- Diné (Navajo)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 21/8705
- Barcode
- 218705.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Knee rattles (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Turtle shell/carapace, hide, deer hoof/hooves, metal cones, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Drilled, tied
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_233338