Rattle
- Culture/People
- Tlingit
- Collector
- Henry Moses (H. Moses/Mink's Father), Non-Indian, 1859-1951
- Previous owner
- Henry Moses (H. Moses/Mink's Father), Non-Indian, 1859-1951
- Axel Rasmussen, Non-Indian, 1886-1945
- Wrangell Institute, 1932-
- Previous seller
- Wrangell Institute, 1932-
- Previous owner
- Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988
- Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987
- Seller
- Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988
- Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987
- Collection History
- Collected by Henry Moses (1859-1951, a fur buyer and artifact dealer in Sitka, Alaska) at an unknown date; sold to Axel Rasmussen (1886-1945, a collector and superintendent of schools in Wrangell and Sitka, Alaska) in 1936; lent by Axel Rasmussen to the Wrangell Institute (a Native boarding School in Wrangell, Alaska) at an unknown date and presumably transferred to the Institute's possession with Rasmussen's death in 1945; purchased by Susan D. Barrow (1907-1988, a teacher at the Wrangell Institute) and her husband Henry D. Barrow (1909-1987, a ship captain) from the Wrangell Institute in 1945; purchased by MAI from Mr. and Mrs. Barrow in 1948.
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- Place
- Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Tlingit
- Music and Sound
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 21/1608
- Barcode
- 211608.000
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
- Object Name
- Rattle
- Media/Materials
- Wood, alder, paint, metal nails
- Techniques
- Carved, painted, nailed
- Record ID
- NMAI_226104