(Dance) Rattle "Ceco'q" Item Number: E7936-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "A WHITTLED STICK, ROUND AND TAPERING FROM ITS MIDDLE TO BOTH ENDS. NEAR EACH END ARE HUNG THREE BUNCHES OF PUFFIN BEAKS."Ruth Demmert, Alan Zuboff, and Linda Wynne made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This rattle is made with puffin beaks, and similar objects may be made with hooves. Ruth commented that, in Kake, the design of this object is more recent. Ruth explained that in Kake, many people hid their items in caves as collectors came through, and also faced US Navy bombardment that damaged many of their materials. Alan added that similar destruction occurred in Angoon.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by Dr. Thomas T. Minor in Alaska, USA during 1868
- Received during 1869
What
- Name
- (Dance) Rattle "Ceco'q"
- Identification Number
- E7936-0
- Type of Item
- rattle
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Dr. Thomas T. Minor
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1868
- Acquisition Date
- during 1869
Other
- Accession Number
- 001499