Wonderful Early-Mid 20th Century Sioux Beaded Figural Child's Rattle nude sculpture In this case it is

In this case it is especially the pages of horizontal trim densely arranged on the pages like lines of text in a book that really sold me

10 1/4" X 8"

It seems at some point a previous (San Francisco-based) owner of this drawing pasted a blessing and inscribed a (biblical

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

Wonderful Early-Mid 20th Century Sioux Beaded Figural Child's Rattle nude sculpture In this case it isI 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