Rattle

NA1694

From: North America

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA1694
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Apache
Provenience North America
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Hide | Pigment | Metal | Seed (uncertain)
Description

Rattle with a small, round head wrapped in hide. The head is painted in segments of red, blue, and no paint. The handle is also wrapped in hide with hide strips toward the head end. Yellow, blue, black, and white bands are painted around the middle of the handle. The end of the handle has a small patch of hide with fur attached. Both the head end and the handle end have strips of hide with metal tinklers attached.

Length 19 cm
Width 8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900

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