576 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



uote or sound when blown upon. 



Fig. 216. 



DANCE RATTLE OF TOHTOISE SHELLS. 



Lake Okechobee, Florida. 



Cat. No. 15543, U.S.N.M. 3 naluial size. 



The instrument was taken from an 

 Indian grave at Fort 

 Eandall, and is mark- 

 ed as having been 

 collected by Asst. 

 Surg. A. J. Comfort, 

 U. S. A. 



Arapahoes, Man- 

 dan SiouXj YanTcton 

 Sioux J Kioivas, Semi- 

 noles. — Specimen, 

 Cat. No. 153575 (U.S. 

 N.M.) is an Arapaho 

 medicine man's rattle 

 made of skin. Its 

 length is 9 inches. 

 Specimen, Cat. No. 

 7712 (U.S.N.M.) is a 

 rattle used by a Man- 

 dan medicine man, 

 Dakota Territory, 

 Fort Berthold, Upper 

 Yellowstone Eiver, 

 and was collected by 

 Drs. Gray and Mat- 

 thews. Specimen, 

 Cat. No. 8354 (U.S. 

 N.M.) is a rattle used 

 as a neck ornament 

 by the Sioux Indians. 

 It is a skeleton of a 

 tortoise which has 

 become mummified 

 and has head and 

 claws still attached. 

 It was suspended 

 from the neck so as 

 to come far down on 

 the breast, and 

 around the lower end 

 are bored eight small 

 holes from which are 

 suspended sixteen 

 little metal strips and 

 four diminutive cop- 

 per bells, all of which 



