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Rattle (Image withheld)

Object Details

Collection History
Collection history unknow; purchased in Montana in 1917 by Charles H. Hickman (1867-1959, a Methodist minister who worked in Oklahoma from 1915 to 1935); purchased by J. T. Fleming (1889-1968, a developer in Sun City, Florida) from Charles Hickman in 1941; purchased by MAI from J.T. Fleming in 1947 using funds donated by the Viking Fund, Inc. (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.).
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Previous owner
Charles H. Hickman (C. H. Hickman), Non-Indian, 1867-1959
Previous seller
Charles H. Hickman (C. H. Hickman), Non-Indian, 1867-1959
Previous owner
J. T. Fleming (James Thomas Fleming), Non-Indian, 1889-1968
Seller
J. T. Fleming (James Thomas Fleming), Non-Indian, 1889-1968
Presenter/funding source
Viking Fund, Incorporated (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.), 1941-
Object Name
Rattle (Image withheld)
Media/Materials
Hide, animal hoof/hooves
Techniques
Strung
Object Type
Music and Sound
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