Rattle
name: label: Culture/People
content: Dakota (Eastern Sioux)
label: Previous owner
content: Helen Eastgate Whitaker (Mrs. Simon P. Whitaker), Non-Indian, 1857-1945
label: Previous owner
content: Anna W. Slaughter (Anna Whitaker Slaughter/Mrs. Eugene W. Slaughter), Non-Indian, 1887-1972
label: Donor
content: Anna W. Slaughter (Anna Whitaker Slaughter/Mrs. Eugene W. Slaughter), Non-Indian, 1887-1972
label: Honoree
content: Helen Eastgate Whitaker (Mrs. Simon P. Whitaker), Non-Indian, 1857-1945
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have been collected by members of the Eastgate family, many of whom lived in the Spirit Lake area in the late nineteenth century; inherited by Helen Eastgate Whitaker (Mrs. Simon P. Whitaker, 1857-1945) of Orange County, New York and subsequently by her daughter Anna Whitaker Slaughter (Mrs. Eugene W. Slaughter, 1887-1972); donated to MAI by Mrs. Slaughter in 1970 in memory of Helen Eastgate Whitaker.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Fort Totten, Spirit Lake Reservation (Devils Lake Reservation); Benson County; North Dakota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Dakota (Eastern Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Music and Sound
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/3947
label: Barcode
content: 243947.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Music and Sound
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Rattle
label: Media/Materials
content: Deerhide/deerskin, animal hoof/hooves, glass bead/beads
label: Techniques
content: Lazy/lane stitch beadwork