Rattle
45-15-1494
From: United States of America | Montana
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 45-15-1494 |
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 |
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. |
Length | 62 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945 |
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