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Native American - Northeast and Southeast Woodland
Native American ➔ Snapping Turtle Dance Shaker Chelydra Serpentina
Identifier:
2002.22.1Description:
Shell and skin intact, elongated neck supported by 2 ash splints through shell, neck elongated, feet removed and leg holes sewn shut. Appears to be covered with varnish or shellac of some kind. Neck wrapped in lightly smoked (in color) buckskin, thong loop or lanyard through eyes.Representative example of typical Iroquois form. In this case, we selected this for it's showiness and clearly recognizable relationship between the original animal source and the final product.
This was purchased new from dealer. Made for sale (to tourists, non-Indians) by Hundyo Kowa Kon (see acc. file for proper accents and other pronunciation symbols). Name translates to 'Holding the Crowd,' Cayuga Nation, Turtle Clan.
Date:
circa 2001Materials:
Turtle Shell, Ash Splints, Tanned Buckskin, ThreadDimensions:
19" h 8" w 4" dCurrent Location Status:
On ExhibitCollection Tier:
Tier 2Source:
Museum PurchaseExhibit/Program:
Z is for Zoology (after 2002)Related Entities:
Hundyo Kowa Kon (creator)Alternate names: Holding The Crowd Cayuga (creator)
The Cayuga, meaning "people of the great swamp", are a Native American tribe originally from the New York State area. After the signing of the Treaty of Canandaigua after the American Revolution, many tribe members relocated to a Seneca-Cayuga reservation in Oklahoma and to the Six Nations of the Grand River reservation in Canada. They are part of the Iroquois Confederacy and the Northeast Woodland region.
Irografts Limited (sold by)