Rattle Item Number: E20626-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "A BUCKSKIN BELT, ITS LOWER EDGE DIVIDED INTO STROPS 1/4 IN. WIDE, EACH STROP IS AGAIN DIVIDED INTO FIVE THONGS; FORMING A FRINGE TO EACH THONG IS ATTACHED A DEER'S HOOF."Karen Anderson (Nuxalk elder) and Evelyn Windsor (Heiltsuk elder) 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. These rattles are often attached to aprons. Today deer hooves, mountain goat toes, and puffin beaks are still used in these rattles.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by James G. Swan in British Columbia, Canada
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Rattle
- Identification Number
- E20626-0
- 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