Dew Claw Rattle
Object type: Dew Claw Rattle
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Native American (Osage)
Date: 19th century
Medium: Dewclaws, leather, rawhide, brass, eagle's claw and feathers, deer's tail
Dimensions: L. (ends tied together)  ± 73.7cm (29in.); L (outstretched) 147.3 cm (58 in.)
Classification: Idiophone-Shaken-rattle
Geography:    Oklahoma? United States  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889