Wonderful Early-Mid 20th Century Sioux Beaded Figural Child's Rattle transferware plate 11 3/4” t x 6

11 3/4” t x 6 1/4 w x 3 3/8” d and in good condition

Good condition with a great patina

but I'd never seen a set of these Jeffereson Tiles

Cut down/salvaged from a larger drawing or page at some point I presume

smallish tear coming in from the lower left edge

Wonderful Early-Mid 20th Century Sioux Beaded Figural Child's Rattle transferware plate 11 3/4” t x 6I 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