Rattle
70-9-474
From: United States of America | Oklahoma
Curatorial Section: American
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Length | 14 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
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