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rattle

Rattle, of alder wood, carved in the form of a Thunderbird, with low relief lines of feathers accross the belly, projecting wings and tail, with the handle underneath the latter. Divided vertically, unusually, for the hollowing out and filling with the rattle. Signedd underneath the tail: John Jacobsen.

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