Rattle
| Object Number: | 45-15-1494 |
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| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Piegan Blackfeet |
| Provenience: | United States of America Montana |
| Culture Area: | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Rawhide Bead Metal Skin Feather |
| Length: | 62 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945 |
Description
Rawhide rattle, the handle wrapped with small white, yellow, dark blue, and green beads. The body a flattened sphere, blue on one side, red on the other. From this hangs a brass bell, a pendant of sheep skin with a bead top, 2 feathers, and a wide brown ribbon. Sheep skin carrying loop.
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