Medicine Mans Rattle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1868
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. U S Army Charles C. Gray
label: Collector
content: Dr. Washington Matthews
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. U S Army Charles C. Gray
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE NOTE: THE LEDGER AND CARD CATALOG GIVE "FT. BERTHOLD" AS PROVENIENCE. ACCESSION RECORDS SHOW FT. STEVENSON. SEE REMARKS ON #E6327 THAT EXPLAIN THE PROBABLE SOURCE OF THE DISCREPANCY. FROM CARD: "MADE OF RAW HIDE STRETCHED OVER A SMALL HOOP. FOUR SECTIONS HAVE BEEN CUT OUT FROM THE BACK SO THAT WHEN EDGES ARE STITCHED TOGETHER THE BACK IS NEARLY FLAT. THESE SECTIONS ARE CUT TO FORM A HOLE PROJECTING FROM CENTER OF THE BACK. IN IT IS PLACED A ROUND STICK FOR THE HANDLE. IT INCLOSES PEBBLES. TO THE END OF HANDLE IS ATTACHED A STRAP OF BUFF LEATHER STAINED RED. LENGTH: 34 IN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Sep 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fort Stevenson / Fort Berthold, Mclean County, Dakota Territory / North Dakota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mandan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 001281
label: USNM Number
content: E7712-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 86 cm