Battle Rattle
date: label: associated date
content: 1861-1865
notes: label: Description
content: Wooden Civil War battle rattles like this one, commonly made of White Oak or similar wood, were used on ships to call all hands to battle stations.
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harold Klein
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0342.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0342
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0342.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rattle, alarm
label: Other Terms
content: rattle, alarm; Navy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 21.59 cm x 26.67 cm x 8.255 cm