[Restricted Object] Turtle Shell Rattle

Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands

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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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