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E7443-0 - RattleBack

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FROM CARD: "MADE OF THE WOODLAND CARIBOU, SOME STRINGS OF PTARMIGAN BEAKS. THE POINT OF THE DEW CLAWS HAVE BEEN CUT OFF TO FURNISH AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH A THONG OF HIDE HAS BEEN PASSED AND KNOTTED TO RETAIN THE DEW CLAW. THE EDGE OF END HAS BEEN NOTCHED, FORMING TEETH. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1896, FIG. 202, P. 563."

  • Collection: Macfarlane Collection
  • Catalogue Number: E7443-0
  • Object Type: No object type recorded
  • Materials: No materials recorded
  • Manufacturing Techniques: No techniques recorded
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