Rattle
Basketry
NA9357
From: Canada | British Columbia
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | NA9357 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tsimshian |
Provenience | Canada | British Columbia |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Spruce Root | Pigment |
Description | Cylindrical, basketry rattle made from split spruce root fibers. Tapers slightly toward one end and expands into a flattened knob at the opposite end. Decorated with circumferal bands of geometric designs likely made using pigments rather than different colored weaving materials. |
Length | 78.74 cm |
Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918 |
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