Coiled beads over buckskin globe and handle with buckskin fringe. Rows of various colored beads cover rattle, white beads along edge of fringe. String broken at base of handle and some beads missing.
Donor:
Frederick V. Kellogg Jr.
Collection place:
McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma
Verbatim coll. place:
Oklahoma; Pittsburg; McAlester
Culture or time period:
Plains and Prairie tribes
Collector:
Frederick V. Kellogg Sr.
Collection date:
late 1800 - 1899
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 18.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: "Indian Musical and Noise-making Instruments", Denver Art Museum Leaflet #29, p. 115.