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: From card: "Old exhibit label reads: 'Rattle. - A rod, covered with buckskin, from which is suspended numerous deer hoofs, forming the rattle. A feather is attached to one end and a wide buckskin loop to the other. L. 19".'" Compare to E360,271 (Mandan). A drawing of a similar rattle appears in NAA Manuscript 154064B (08510621). "Hoof rattles" made with pendant dew claws were used by men's societies throughout the Plains. Formerly cataloged "Wa-Mnu-Ha," a term for rattle elicited from a group of Sioux visiting the museum when 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: 24 Oct 2020
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 (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025748
label: USNM Number
content: E153927-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle