Wonderful Early-Mid 20th Century Sioux Beaded Figural Child's Rattle nude sculpture There is a small hole

There is a small hole in the mesh at the center of his mustache and a bit of irregularity running in a vertical line up his nose from the there

and farm animals perhaps most of all

which appears gray-black until held to light

giving the whole thing a sort of miraculous precariousness

Wonderful Early-Mid 20th Century Sioux Beaded Figural Child's Rattle nude sculpture There is a small holeI am not an expert in Native American beadwork, but have been lucky to find a couple of old beaded hide Sioux balls over the years, and upon spotting this rattle in a fairly unlikely place believed it to be the same and indeed, a little research makes me sure of it. (I have found a fair number of figural "amulets" out there of a very similar manner, though rattles seem much scarcer.) Made for a child's hand, with these wonderful bright eyes, red