Culture/People:

Salish (Flathead)  Search this

Collector:

Thomas E. Adams (T. E. Adams), Non-Indian, b. 1860  Search this

Previous owner:

Thomas E. Adams (T. E. Adams), Non-Indian, b. 1860  Search this

Queen Isabella, II (Queen Isabella II of Spain), Non-Indian, 1830-1904  Search this

Carlos Sáenz de Tejada y Groizard, Non-Indian, 1865-1923  Search this

Carlos Sáenz de Tejada y Benvenuti, Non-Indian, ca. 1934-2012  Search this

Seller:

Carlos Sáenz de Tejada y Benvenuti, Non-Indian, ca. 1934-2012  Search this

Object Name:

Rattle (Image withheld)

Media/Materials:

Deerhide/deerskin, glass bead/beads

Techniques:

Overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, strung

Object Type:

Music and Sound

Place:

Montana; USA

Collection History:

Collected by Thomas E. Adams (a clerk at the Flathead Agency in Montana in the 1880s and 1890s) and exhibited by Adams at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893; presented to H.R.M. Queen Isabella II of Spain (1830-1904) during the World's Columbian Exposition (also called The Chicago World's Fair) in 1893 as a state gift; given by Queen Isabella to her envoy Carlos Sáenz de Tejada y Groizard (1865-1923) in gratitude for his service; inherited by his great-grandson Carlos Sáenz de Tejada y Benvenuti (ca. 1934-2012); purchased by MAI from Carlos Sáenz de Tejada y Benvenuti in 1968.

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Catalog Number:

24/2076

Barcode:

242076.000

See related items:

Salish (Flathead)

Music and Sound

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws68070078d-7516-47ca-a74d-48065a8957b1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_257776