Ankle Band
46-6-12B
From: United States of America | North Carolina
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 46-6-12B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cherokee | Big Cove Band |
| Provenience | United States of America | North Carolina |
| Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Shell | Fur | Skin |
| Description | Each consists of 5 box tortoise shells and 4 deer hoofs attached to a roughly square piece of woodchuck skin. "Worn by woman in social and ceremonial dances, coming in at certain stages of the dance. A cluster is tied below knee to each leg. Typical of all the Southeastern tribes. Extraordinary set, with deer hoof rattles unusual among modern specimens, as of "ancient Cherokee type." |
| Length | 26 cm |
| Width | 15 cm |
| Credit Line | Cherokee Expedition; Frank G. Speck and John G. Witthoft, 1946 |
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