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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
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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