Round Rattle Item Number: 25.0/290 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Round rattles similiar to nothern shamans' rattles are shaken by the attendents of the Hamatsa dancers to help tame them of their wildness. Raven rattles are chiefs' rattles used from Vancouver Island to Southeast Alaska. Headdress dancers use them in the Tlasula.
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is white, black, red, and green.
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Round Rattle
- Identification Number
- 25.0/290
- Type of Item
- round rattle
- Material
- wood, copper metal, string and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, painted and wrapped
- Overall
- length 12.0 in, width 6.4 in, depth 4.5 in
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Motif
- Face
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection