Engraving of Native American Rattles

ID: 95-20318

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1883

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Information File Box 13 Folder Smithsonian Guide Books, 1886 (Brentano Bros.)

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Summary

Illustration (Fig. 127) in "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington" is of rattles used by Native Americans in their dances. This exhibit was in the section on musical instruments in the United States National Museum.

Subject

  • United States National Museum
  • Arts and Industries Building
  • National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Musical History

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

From "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington." New York: Brentano Brothers, 1886. Page 96

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Information File Box 13 Folder Smithsonian Guide Books, 1886 (Brentano Bros.)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1883

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Musical instruments
  • Rattles
  • Historians
  • Exhibitions
  • Visitor's Guide
  • Comparative Technology Section (USNM)
  • Indians of North America

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Object

ID Number

95-20318

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print

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