Rattle in the Form of a Turkey
Unidentified maker (Mexico)
Pre-Columbian
Buff terracotta
Overall: 2 7/8 × 2 13/16 × 3 1/8 in. (7.3 × 7.2 × 8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Family of E. F. Carter, Class of 1932 and C. B. Fisher, Class of 1932
31.2.4729
Geography
Place Made: Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Inscriptions
Marks: "18"
Provenance
Collected by Edwin Follett Carter (1909-1932) and Charles Barnard Fisher (1910-1974), in Oaxaca, Summer of 1931; lent to present collection, 1931; given to present collection, 1933.
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