Title: Gus-da-wa-sa (turtle rattle)
Object type: Gus-da-wa-sa
Date: 19th century
Culture: Native American (Iroquois)
Medium: Turtle shell, wood, leather, cherry pits?
Dimensions: L. 43.2 cm (17 in.); Shell Diam. 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Classification: Idiophone-Shaken-rattle
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Geography:     United States      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY