[Restricted Object] Turtle Shell Rattle
Seminole Tribe of Florida
Southeast
early 20th century
Turtle shell, leather, and seeds
Overall: 2 9/16 × 3 13/16 × 5 5/16 in. (6.5 × 9.7 × 13.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Glover Street Hastings III
181.2.26057
Geography
Place Made: Fort Lauderdale, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southeast
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Glover Street Hastings III, West Newton, Massachusetts and Bridgeton, Maine, 1920's-1930's; bequeathed to his daughter, Carlena Hastings Redfield (1888-1981), 1949; bequeathed to present collection [under the terms of her father's will], 1981.
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