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Rattle
| Object Number: | 70-9-474 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Delaware Culture Lenape |
| Provenience: | Oklahoma |
| Culture Area: | Northeast |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Turtle Shell Leather |
| Length: | 14 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
Description
Box turtle shell, with handle made of leather thong fastened through holes in the top of the shell. Used in Big House Ceremony. Note in Frank Speck's hand-writing on tag accompanying object: "Tortoise rattle used in reciting visions in Long House ceremony (Ta'xkoxc)." See Speck, The Delaware Big House Ceremony.
Bibliography:
| [Other] Wm. D. Morley, Inc. Inventory and Appraisement - Personal Property - The Estate of Samuel W. Pennypacker, 2nd, Dec'd. - Haldeman Road Schwenksville, RD 1 Penna. October 15, 1968.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 26 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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