Rattle
NA4972
From: United States of America | Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
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Object Number
NA4972
Current Location
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Culture
Chilkat | Tlingit
Provenience
United States of America | Alaska
Culture Area
Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section
American
Materials
Abalone Shell | Wood | Hair | Hide | Copper
Technique
Inlaid
Iconography
Crane | Canoe
Description
Shaman's rattle; in the shape of cranes and a canoe; old repairs with glue, nails, and inlaid copper strips. One inlay eye of abalone shell missing.
Height
18 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Length
38 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Width
12 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Credit Line
Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1916
Other Number
71 - Other Number
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Kaplan, Susan A., and Kristin J. Barsness. Raven's Journey . The University Museum, 1986. See: p. 198, fig. 229
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American Indian Life: 1776-1976 . Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1976. See: p. 25View related objects
Duff, Wilson, and Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Ltd. Arts of the Raven: Masterworks by the Northwest Coast Indian . Vancouver, BC: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Ltd., 1967. See: Cat No 67
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Wardwell, Allen. Tangible Visions: Northwest Coast Indian Shamanism and Its Art . New York: The Monacelli Press, 1996. See: p. 268, fig. 408
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Harner, Michael J., and Albert B. Elsasser. Art of the Northwest Coast: An Exhibition at the Robert H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology of the University of California, Berkeley March 26 - October 17, 1965 . University of California at Berkeley, 1965. See: p. 29
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