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Scraper and rod (kano'oskae', after 19th-century Seneca people type)
Attributed to: Andrew John, Jr. (Seneca Nation, about 1847–1907)
Native American, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Seneca
1903
Object Place: Washington, DC, United States
Medium/Technique
Maple
Dimensions
Length 31.1 cm, width 2.8 cm, thickness 2.2 cm (Length 12 1/4 in., width 1 1/8 in., thickness 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2167a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Idiophones
DescriptionScraper constructed of stick of maple (of diamond-shaped cross section) with rounded edges; thirteen notches cut along two-thirds of length of one edge. Scraping stick constructed of flat piece of maple with rounded edges. Broken cotton string tied through holes in each piece, formerly connecting them to each other.
InscriptionsIn black ink: CAT.2214 [..] - (deliberately scratched off)
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (b. 1858 - d. 1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (b. 1858 - d. 1922), Boston; 1916, gift of William Lindsey to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)