Object Number | NA1720 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Pueblo |
Provenience | North America |
Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Turtle Shell | Glass | Rawhide | Pigment | Metal |
Description | Turtle shell wrapped entirely with painted hide. The central design is of a red swirl with three circles adjacent, enclosed in a larger red circle on a yellow background. This design has dark blue painted around half of it and dark blue and yellow rays painted around the other half, all on a lighter blue background. One end of the rattle has a strand of metal tinklers and glass beads attached, with part of the strand broken off. |
Height | 5.3 cm |
Length | 14.3 cm |
Width | 10 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900 |
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