Rattle

NA8528

From: Canada | British Columbia | Skeena River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8528
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tsimshian
Provenience Canada | British Columbia | Skeena River
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Leather
Description

Wooden rattle with a large, ovoid head. Made from two similar halves bound together at the sides of the rattle head and at the base of the handle. Bindings are made from animal hide inserted through perforations in the wood. Thin lip around the edge of each half of the head. Cylindrical handle. Undecorated.

Length 29.5 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918
Other Number SA8 - Other Number

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