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Kanyáhte’ ká’nowa’ (Snapping turtle rattle) or Kastáwēˀshæˀ (Ga-Nó-Wa Gustáh)
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Shell wood cherry pits? leather, Native American, Native American (Iroquois)
Rights: Public Domain
Musical Instruments, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments 1889
Title: Kanyáhte’ ká’nowa’ (Snapping turtle rattle) or Kastáwēˀshæˀ (Ga-Nó-Wa Gustáh)
Description:
Shell wood cherry pits? leather, Native American, Native American (Iroquois).
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