Carved Wood Rattle Item Number: E20833-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "CARVED WOOD RATTLE. DESIGN: A MASK WITH A GROTESQUE NOSE. BACK OF RATTLE CARVED WITH CONVENTIONAL DESIGNS. PAINTED RED AND BLACK."Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies Catalogue #s E20827 and E20911 as Swan original # 61. List in accession file identifies # 61 as "1 box containing complete outfit of an Indian medicine man, Hannegan Indians, Klawark village, P. of Wales Island, Alaska." Catalogue Nos. E20828 - 38 may be related objects?
Item History
- Made in Klawock, Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Klawock, Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA during 1875
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Carved Wood Rattle
- Identification Number
- E20833-0
- Type of Item
- rattle
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Hannegan
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Klawock, Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Klawock, Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1875
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004730