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obtained from the Papagos or Yaquis of Sonora. They are of a species of bombycid moth; their outer coverings have been removed,^[1] and a few gravel have then been sewed in each cocoon. There are 70 pairs of cocoons in one strand and 66 in the other (fig. 85). The rustling sound given out by this number of rattles is not unlike the warning of the rattlesnake.^[2]

At the village of Sacaton Flats at least one turtle-shell rattle is still used in the treatment of the "turtle disease," although no specimen of such rattle was seen.

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1. "The Huichols use the cocoons of Attacus orizaba for necklaces." Lumholtz, Symbolism of the Huichol Indians, 189.
2. Each cocoon now measures 30 mm. in length by 25 mm. in breadth. The entire strands are 1.900 m. long.