Rattle

Object Number:	70-9-474
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Culture:	Delaware Culture Lenape
Provenience:	United States of America Oklahoma
Culture Area:	Northeast Culture Area
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