Drum Or Rattle, Gambling
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Stephen Powers
label: Donor Name
content: Stephen Powers
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THIS SPECIMEN MAY BE EITHER A DRUM OR RATTLE; ON ACCOUNT OF ITS SIZE IT IS PLACED WITH THE DRUMS. THE SHELL IS A RECTANGULAR FRAME MADE OF DRUMS. THE SHELL IS RECTANGULAR FRAME MADE OF BOARDS. TWO RAWHIDE HEADS, THEIR EDGES LACED TOGETHER AND NAILED. A LOOP OF TWISTED RAG IS FASTENED TO THE LACING AS A HANDLE. INCLOSED ARE SOME PEBBLES. USED IN GAMBLING. INVENTORIED 1977." FROM CARD: "GAMBLING DRUM AND RATTLE OF THE HOOPAS, ATHAPASCAN FAMILY. SHELL, A RECTANGULAR FRAME OF BOARDS; HEADS, OF SKIN, THE EDGES JOINED BY LACING. PEBBLES ARE INCLOSED. HEIGHT, 3 1/2 INCHES; LENGTH, 20 1/2 INCHES. KLAMATH RIVER, CALIFORNIA. 21,361. COLLECTED BY STEPHEN POWERS. INVENTORIED 1977."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 May 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hoopa Valley / Trinity River, California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hupa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004856
label: USNM Number
content: E21361-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 8.9 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 52.1 cm