Musical Rattle Whale Bone
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Apr 1927
name: label: Collector
content: Miss Frances T. Densmore
label: Donor Name
content: Miss Frances T. Densmore
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Used only by successful whalers. Feathered on handle section lashed with braided cord. Sinew sewn flap edges. Used in songs after whale is speared." Card includes small drawing showing rattle construction.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cape Flattery, Makah Reservation / Clallam County, Washington, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Makah
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 096074
label: USNM Number
content: E336576-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle