Canada
Artic & Subarctic / Tlicho (‘Dogrib’)

Hide, wood, pigment, seeds or pellets
ca. Early 20th century
Diameter: 4.25 in; Depth: .8 inch
Membranophone – Indirectly Struck Membranophone 

A small hoop/frame child’s rattle with a curved handle from the Tlicho (Tłı̨chǫ), also known as Dogrib, who are an Indigenous people in Canada. This small hand rattle is sewn with sinew and painted with red and green pigment.  The Tlicho fall within the broader designation of Dene, who are indigenous peoples of the Athapaskan (or Athabascan) language family. They call themselves Doné, meaning “the People.”  In order to distinguish themselves from their Dene neighbors, such as the Denesuline, Slavey, Sahtu Got’ine and K’asho Got’ine, they identify themselves as Tlicho, a Cree word meaning “dog’s rib,” referring to a creation story.

According to the Department of Canadian Heritage through Canadian Culture Online:
          “In the 1890s, Frank Russell described a child’s rattle that he obtained from the Dogribs as having a “handle bent in the form of a figure six. It is eight inches long. The head is three inches in diameter and 0.8 inches in thickness” (Russell 1898: 180).”      The rattle shown here, is almost identical with similar painting.

Reference:  https://native-drums.ca/en/about-drumming/rattles/