Rattle (Image withheld)
date: label: Date created
content: 1969
name: label: Culture/People
content: Seneca [Allegany]
label: Artist/Maker
content: DeForest Abrams (Deforest Monroe Abrams), Seneca [Allegany], 1907-1979 and Gladys Abrams (Gladys John), Seneca [Allegany], 1911-1971
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB agent
content: Nancy Engle, Non-Indian
label: IACB source
content: DeForest Abrams (Deforest Monroe Abrams), Seneca [Allegany], 1907-1979
label: IACB source
content: Gladys Abrams (Gladys John), Seneca [Allegany], 1911-1971
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Nancy Engle (Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York) from the artists on behalf of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1969; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Steamburg, Allegany Reservation; Cattaraugus County; New York; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Seneca [Allegany]
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/9846
label: Barcode
content: 259846.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Rattle (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Turtle shell/carapace, woodsplints, commercially tanned leather, glass bead/beads
label: Techniques
content: Wrapped, carved, inlaid
label: Dimensions
content: 44 x 20 x 8.6 cm