Rattle

NA1720

From: North America

Curatorial Section: American

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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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