Wonderful Early-Mid 20th Century Sioux Beaded Figural Child's Rattle transferware plate Wonderfully primitive looking tool with

Wonderfully primitive looking tool with a terrific patina

which is much of what I love about it

but are all the more lovely for it

smallish tear coming in from the lower left edge

along the very bottom edge on the face side so it does not stand on its own that way--best leaned

Wonderful Early-Mid 20th Century Sioux Beaded Figural Child's Rattle transferware plate Wonderfully primitive looking tool withI 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