Rattle
NA8528
From: Canada | British Columbia | Skeena River
Curatorial Section: American
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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