[Restricted Object] Turtle Shell Rattle
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
early 20th century
Turtle shell, wood, commercial leather, and pigment
Overall: 13 7/16 × 5 5/16 × 2 9/16 in. (34.2 × 13.5 × 6.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Guido R. Rahr, Sr., Class of 1951P
985.47.26472
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Inscriptions
Attached Tag: "22. Turtle rattle" "Iroquois"
Exhibition History
Montshire: Educational Program, Montshire Museum of Science, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 4-December 5, 1988.
Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 2-June 19, 1987.
The Age of the Marvelous, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 21-November 24, 1991; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, January 25-March 22, 1992; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, May 24-August 25, 1992; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, October 6, 1992-January 3, 1993, naturalia no. n78.
Publication History
Barbara A. Hail and Gregory C. Schwarz, Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1987, p.60, no.9.
Provenance
Collected by Guido Reinhardt Rahr, Sr. (1902-1985), Manitowoc, Wisconsin; given to present collection, 1985.
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