Chiefs Rattle Item Number: E20587-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "CARVED WOOD IN THE FORM OF THE RAVEN THE BACK IS CARVED TO REPRESENT A DOWLED HEAD, AND ITS BREAST A MASK. PAINTED RED, GREEN, AND BLACK. EXCHANGED LEIDEN MUSEUM, MAY 1899."The artifact currently numbered E20587 may be the wrong number?Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) and Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. In Bella Coola, bird rattles are always used by chiefs. It is probably red ochre, there are still a few places on the coast with red ochre. It is possible this is carved out of alder.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by James G. Swan in British Columbia, Canada
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Chiefs Rattle
- Identification Number
- E20587-0
- Type of Item
- rattle
Who
- Culture
- Bella Bella (Heiltsuk)
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004686