[Restricted Object] Tortoise Shell Rattle

Hopi
Southwest

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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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