Turtle Shell Rattle (Possibly WCS 434)
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1958
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William C. Sturtevant
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William C. Sturtevant
notes: label: Notes
content: Snapping turtle rattle, 16" long. Carapace painted black, handle wrapped with friction tape, hanging string around neck slits on plastron side sek-sewn with leg skin strips; in good condition. Made by Ed. Curry, Quaker Bridge, Allegany Res., for his wife's grandson (their adopted son) Frank Jacobs, a boy of about 14, who used it himself & offered it for sale to Sturtevant for $5 in June, 1958. (Found without an identifying number. Matched to Sturtevant catalog by description.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Jan 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Quaker Bridge, Cattaraugus County / Allegany Reservation, New York, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), Seneca (Onödowá'ga:')
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2049174
label: USNM Number
content: E437809-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle