Rattle
70-9-224
From: United States of America | North Carolina
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 70-9-224 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cherokee |
| Provenience | United States of America | North Carolina |
| Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Gourd | Pigment |
| Description | Painted gourd. Green tape on center top of rattle with a string loop holding the remnant of a red feather. Three concentric bands around top: natural, red, and blue. Nine natural-colored diamond shapes delineated by red triangles in a wide band around middle. Two concentric bands immediately below red triangles: Blue and red. Holes near bottom of handle (neck of gourd) with cord loop. |
| Height | 21 cm |
| Width | 21 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
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