Rattle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 May 1892
label: Collection Date
content: 1872
name: label: Collector
content: Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen
label: Collector
content: William Courtenay
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Mildred M. Hazen
notes: label: Notes
content: Rawhide rattle incised with tree motif as well as a bear paw. The head of the rattle is encircled by a row of clipped feathers. For an Arikara drawing of the sacred cedar tree similar to that incised on this rattle, see Manuscript 154064B (08510631) in the National Anthropological Archives. For a similar rawhide rattle without incising but with clipped feathers and wrapped handle, see E360,263 (Hidatsa). Formerly called "Wa-Mnu-Ha," the term for rattle elicited from a group of Sioux visiting the museum while the rattle was erroneously identified as Sioux. Culture identification changed from Sioux to Hidatsa, Arikara, or Mandan by Candace Greene May 2017 based on a full review of the collecting history and consideration of general stylistic traits.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Feb 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fort Buford, Williams County, Dakota Territory / North Dakota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hidatsa (?)
label: Culture
content: Arikara (Sahnish) (?)
label: Culture
content: Mandan (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025748
label: USNM Number
content: E167138-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle