Metal Rattle, Engraved
Item number E221180-0 from the National Museum of Natural History.
Item number E221180-0 from the National Museum of Natural History.
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From card: "Two concave sheets of copper, circular soldered at their edges, having projecting handle carved on both surfaces. An early historical reference to 'copper' rattles is recorded in 'Voyages of the Columbia', F. W. Howay, 1787-93, (Boit's log) pg. 386. The area is Clayquot Sound, W. Vancouver Id., B. Col."See also accession file for Accession 41221, which contains information about objects from several Emmons accessions. It appears to contain information about copper rattle # E221180. It may be the rattle referred to on a list in that file as "Copper rattle, [presumably purchased in] Victoria, British Columbia (bird carved.)"Ruth Demmert, Alan Zuboff, and Linda Wynne made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. The use of copper in an object like this is unusual for Tlingits. This object has the same design on both sides, and may be a bear, but the presence of wings suggests a bird, particularly an owl. A bird or owl design would suggest Yakutat origins.
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From card: "Two concave sheets of copper, circular soldered at their edges, having projecting handle carved on both surfaces. An early historical reference to 'copper' rattles is recorded in 'Voyages of the Columbia', F. W. Howay, 1787-93, (Boit's log) pg. 386. The area is Clayquot Sound, W. Vancouver Id., B. Col."See also accession file for Accession 41221, which contains information about objects from several Emmons accessions. It appears to contain information about copper rattle # E221180. It may be the rattle referred to on a list in that file as "Copper rattle, [presumably purchased in] Victoria, British Columbia (bird carved.)"Ruth Demmert, Alan Zuboff, and Linda Wynne made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. The use of copper in an object like this is unusual for Tlingits. This object has the same design on both sides, and may be a bear, but the presence of wings suggests a bird, particularly an owl. A bird or owl design would suggest Yakutat origins.
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