Indian Medicine Rattle

Artist Paul Kane (Canadian, 1810 - 1871)

Date1847

Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper

Dimensions5 x 7 inches (12.7 x 17.8 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.78.98

ClassificationsPaintings

Label Text"In their hands they hold carved rattles, which are shaken in time to a monotonous song or humming noise (for their are no words to it) which is sung by the whole company as they slowly dance round and round in a circle." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XIV

ProvenanceArtist; by descent to his grandson, Paul Kane III [1889-1958], Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; purchased September 17, 1957 through (Edward Eberstadt & Sons, New York, New York) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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