[Restricted Object] Tortoise Shell Rattle
Hopi
Southwest
collected about 1904-1907
Tortoise shell, rawhide, and deer hoof
Overall: 4 15/16 × 4 1/8 × 2 3/8 in. (12.5 × 10.5 × 6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.10127
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southwest
Not on view
Course History
NAS 30.18, Indians Who Rock the World: Native American Contemporary Music, Davina Two Bears, Spring 2019
Provenance
Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Arizona, 1904-1907; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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