Rattle

70-9-233

From: Canada | Ontario | Six Nations Reservation

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 70-9-233
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cayuga | Iroquois
Provenience Canada | Ontario | Six Nations Reservation
Culture Area Northeast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Elm Bark | Wood | Pigment
Description

Elm bark rattle used in Medicine Society and Social Dances with water drum. This is proto-type of the modern horn rattle. Top and bottom of the rattle are painted red. There is a slit down the side of the rattle where the elm bark does not quite meet.

Height 26.5 cm
Width 14 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970

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