Rattle

96-2-3

From: Montana | Billings

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 96-2-3
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Blackfeet
Provenience Montana | Billings
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Creator Chief Turtle
Section American
Materials Buffalo Hide
Description

Hide rattle, cotton wrapping and string afixed to handle split down the middle, stitched together. Colored with red pigment. Large dent on one side. Small holes in stiching, pigment is faded in areas of the hide and cloth, some kind of rattle material inside.

Length 26.5 cm
Outside Diameter 8.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Dr. Frederica de Laguna, 1996

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