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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2020 School for Advanced Research.

Rattle

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2020 School for Advanced Research.

Rattle

Date: c. 1989
Artist or Maker: Nora Naranjo-Morse (b.1953)
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 15.2 × 8.4 cm (6 × 3 5/16 in.)
Weight: 0.2 kg (0.45 lb.)
Medium: clay | leather | cotton | feathers | copper
Credit Line: Gift of Robert and Joan Pratt, 2005.
Object Number: SAR.2005-13-31
Not on view
DescriptionA gray and black pottery rattle. The handle is wrapped with white leather. Turquoise embroidery thread is wrapped around the top of the handle, between the head of the rattle and the white leather. There is a loop of brown leather tied through a hole near the base of the handle. The loop is partially wrapped in turquoise, green, and red embroidery thread. Two small feathers are set in a hole at the top of the rattle head. Their bases are wrapped in very narrow-gauge copper wire, a portion of which can be seen sticking out of the hole into which the feathers are set. The rattle was made with clay from Santa Clara and painted with a micacaeous slip. The piece was fired with the oxygen-reducing method used to make black pottery, which is why it's dark gray and black.
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