Carved Wood Rattle Item Number: E20835-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "CARVED WOOD RATTLE NOT PAINTED. DESIGN: AN EAGLE'S BODY, HEAD AND NECK. THE TAIL A GROTESQUE HUMAN MASK."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
- E20835-0
- 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