Carved Rattle (Shi Sha) Item Number: E89076-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "For dancing. Bear? See U.S.N.M Report 1888, pl. LIX, fig. 313, p. 330. See Fig. 46, p. 194 of Bill Holm, "Will the Real Charles Edensaw Please Stand Up?", in _The World Is As Sharp As A Knife_; British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria; 1981. Rattle is attributed there to Haida carver Tom Price." Rattle was formerly on exhibit in NHB Hall 9, case 29. Exhibit label identified it as a rattle in the form of a bear.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by James G. Swan in British Columbia, Canada
- Received on December 21, 1883
What
- Name
- Carved Rattle (Shi Sha)
- Identification Number
- E89076-0
- Type of Item
- rattle
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- 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
- on December 21, 1883
Other
- Accession Number
- 013804