Wonderful Early-Mid 20th Century Sioux Beaded Figural Child's Rattle transferware plate which is much of what

which is much of what I love about it

smallish tear coming in from the lower left edge

but are all the more lovely for it

There is a bit of a glare on a few of the photos

Wonderful Early-Mid 20th Century Sioux Beaded Figural Child's Rattle transferware plate which is much of whatI 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