Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of archaeologist Gus Pope, Jr. (Gustavus Debrille Pope Jr., 1911-2002), who may have acquired them in the 1950s when he was park archaeologist at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park (Macon, Georgia); donated to MAI in 1974 by Gus Pope, Jr.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Previous owner
- Gus Pope, Jr. (Gustavus Debrille Pope Jr.), Non-Indian, 1911-2002
- Donor
- Gus Pope, Jr. (Gustavus Debrille Pope Jr.), Non-Indian, 1911-2002
- Object Name
- Woman's leg rattles
- Media/Materials
- Hide, turtle shell/carapace
- Techniques
- Perforated, tied
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
