Rattle

Object Number: | 70-9-339 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Arapaho (uncertain) |
Provenience: | Northern Plains |
Culture Area: | Great Plains Culture Area |
Section: | American |
Materials: | Leather Fiber Fur Pigment Feather |
Length: | 60 cm |
Width: | 4.7 cm |
Credit Line: | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
Other Number: | 18770 - Field No SF |
Description
Rattle of the Dog Society. The handle of the rattle is wrapped in red coarse cloth and fringed at the rattle end. Also, wound around the red cloth is a strip of animal fur; most of the fur has come off. The head of the rattle is made of two pieces of tanned leather sewn together. One piece has been painted red; the other yellow. From the topmost part of the rattle extends a leather thong to which are attached 18 feathers in various stages of deterioration. From the bottom of the rattle's handle is hung another strip of animal fur attached by 2 cloth strips and 2 buttons. One button is white shell, the other is white man-made polished wood or bone,.
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