Detail View: Omaha Indian Heritage Project: Omaha Indian Heritage Project
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Object Name:
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rattle
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Tribe:
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Omaha
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Artist:
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Walter Hamilton
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Object Type:
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rattle
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Subject:
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music
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Description:
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See notes
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Primary Material:
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gourd
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Primary Decorative:
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beadwork
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Length:
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58.0 cm
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Notes:
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An etched wooden handle and a gourd rattle are the main parts. At the bottom, there is cord fringe and on top, there is a blue, white, orange, red and black bead design topped with red horse hair and blue feathers. Gourd rattle with carved wooden handle. This gourd was begun by Walter Hamilton, a well known Omaha mixblood of Macy, Nebraska. He gave it, unfinished, to his son Jim hamilton. Jim in turn gave it to James Howard in 1966. The gourd was finished by Freddie Washingotn, a Delaware Indian craftsman of Wann, Oklahoma, in 1967. It was he who added the beaded tassel at the top and the rolled fringes at the bottom
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Image:
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noimage
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Museum:
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Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Catalog Number:
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65025
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Year of Coll/Manuf:
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1966
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Materials:
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gourd, wood, beads, feathers, cloth fringe
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Provenance:
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See notes
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State of Coll/Manuf:
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Nebraska
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Collection:
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Omaha Indian Heritage Project
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