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Object Number 14-27-10/85896
Display Title Chief's rattle.
Descriptions
Object Description Chief's rattle. Carved cedar or maple; red, black, green paint. Bird figure overall. Human w/wolf's head on back, frog coming out of the throat, and a hawk with frog's head on breast of bird. Rattle shaken by dancer. Used w/dancing headdress; ceremonial rattle
Inventory Description Rattle, carved wood, painted, bird figure with human and animal figures, stick
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Date 1850-1880
Culture
  • Tsimshian?
  • Tlingit?
  • Haida?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Wood Pigment Cedar Maple Alder
Dimensions Overall: 29.5 x 10.5 x 12.5 cm (11 5/8 x 4 1/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Owner Lt. George Thornton Emmons (1914)
Collector Lt. George Thornton Emmons (?)

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