rattle, unrecorded Potawatomi artist

Artwork Overview

rattle, late 1800s–1993
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: wood; rawhide; pigment
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 20 x 10 x 7.5 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 7 7/8 x 3 15/16 x 2 15/16 in
Credit line: Gift from the Menninger Foundation
Accession number: 2007.6020
Not on display

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Label texts

Exhibition Label:
"Vanished Voices: The Legacy of Northeast Kansas Indians," Jul-2004, Joni Murphy, Andrea S. Norris
The symbol on this rattle was used for centuries in many cultures around the world long before the Nazis in Germany appropriated and reversed it. American Indians interpret the symbol as an eagle (a bird sacred to Native Peoples), a whirling log, the four directions, the wind, the overhead view of a tornado, and an Indian good luck symbol.

Exhibitions

Joni Murphy, curator
Andrea Norris, curator
2004