Rattle
Artist
James Mike Watkins
(North American Indian, Delaware)
Date1998
MediumWood (red cedar)
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/4 × 2 × 2 inches (28.58 × 5.08 × 5.08 cm)
Credit LineGift of Howard and Mary Ellen Meredith
Object number2025.90.5
SignedPaperboard tag, cut into turtle shape - white in color on one side, black on the reverse. On white side, object info handwritten in black ink: "Delware Big House Ceremonial Rattle by J. M. Watkins / Delaware Trb. W. OK / Red cedar / Mesinx face 6-98"
On View
Not on viewCollection of Howard and Mary Ellen Meredith;
With America Meredith, Norman, Oklahoma;
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.
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