Culture/People:

Chickasaw  Search this

Previous owner:

Billie Wall, Oklahoma Chickasaw  Search this

Collector:

Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923  Search this

Leo Walker, Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)  Search this

Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971  Search this

Object Name:

Woman's leg rattles (No image available)

Media/Materials:

Cotton cloth, turtle shell/carapace, hide, pottery, glaze

Techniques:

Perforated, tied

Dimensions:

38.5 x 30.5 x 10.5 cm

Object Type:

Music and Sound

Place:

Oklahoma; USA

Collection History:

Collected from Billie Wall (Chickasaw) in 1910 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member), assisted by Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923) and expedition interpreter Leo Walker (Sac and Fox), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.

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Catalog Number:

2/8387

Barcode:

028387.000

See related items:

Chickasaw

Music and Sound

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b47d6073-3aa0-4504-a929-10e76faaff7a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_29988