Rattle, Ceremonial

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Rattle, Ceremonial

Entry/Object ID

2018.3.132

Description

Property C23: Wild Turnip Rattle Object: ceremonial rattle, Artist/Maker: unknown (20th Century, Lakota, Nakota, Dakota (Lakota)/ Oceti Sakowin (Sioux): Plains), Title/Model: Wild Turnip (timpsila) Rattle, Date/Region: ca. 1990 / Northern Plains, Medium/Technique: wild turnips hand stitched on leather hide / handmade, Edition/Series: unique, 1 of 1, Size: 70" H x 1.5" W, Condition: good, one rattle may be absent, Signature/Inscriptions: n/a, Exhibitions/Literature: n/a, Description/Notes: A soft leather vertical strip, 70" long, is folded and individual dried wild turnips were sewn into the fold. Even dried, the turnips can be eaten. They provided medicine and food for religious ceremonies.

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Date made

1990

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Oceti Sakowin
Native American

Notes

The word, Sioux, is referenced. Sioux is considered a slur word according to the Oceti Sakowin peoples.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Rattle, Ceremonial

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Religious Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Feb 19, 2018