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Leg rattle
Object Number 99-12-10/53042
Display Title Leg rattle
Descriptions
Object Description Leg rattle. Worn by women in dances.
Inventory Description Rattle, 10 turtle shells, perforated, strung w/ rawhide strips, rawhide flap ba
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Creek?
  • Seminole?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Florida
Materials Turtle shell , Rawhide , Deer hide , Tortoiseshell
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 23.3 x 9.8 cm (13 3/8 x 9 3/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1 rattle and 1 bag of seed shells apparently leaking from inside rattle
Label on object POISON & 53042 & Leg Rattle\ 99-12-10/53042
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Collector Peale Museum
Donor David Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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