Rattle Item Number: 50.67.99 from the Brooklyn Museum

Description

This type of rattle could be made by any Northern Plains tribe. Probably ceremonial and may be medicine society (?).Coindition poor.

Credit Line

Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund

Item History

  • Made between 1800 and 1825

What

Name
Rattle
Identification Number
50.67.99
Type of Item
rattle
Material
wood, gourd and hide
Overall
length 10.5 in, width 3.25 in, height 3.25 in

Who

Culture
Sioux

Where

Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum

When

Creation Date
between 1800 and 1825

Other

Classification
Musical Instrument