Raven Rattle Item Number: A8426 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Brown wood rattle with the top piece in the form of a raven that has a reclining figure on its back connected to a frog by a protruding tongue and the bottom piece in the shape of a rounded semi-oval emphasized by a bird's face with a recurved beak. Handle is bound with brown string. Raven has black ovoid in ovoid eyes surrounded by a tapering oval and a green area within a black ovoid. A white split u is in between the eye and the nose with another one below the eye and behind the mouth. The nostrils are a vertical black ovoid. The red mouth is outlined by grey. At either side of the neck, there is a vertical black ovoid in ovoid. The body is black with wings that have a black split u, a black ovoid in ovoid, a black u form that has a green L-shape and two red cross-hatched u forms within, a white split u, and a black ovoid at the tip. The tail has an upward curving black ovoid in ovoid from which emanate four feathers that have a white split u within a black u form that has a white ovoid-circle within. The reclining human on top has a black body and a white face with circular black eyes surrounded by a green area with black brows above and a black line around the red mouth where the red tongue of the frog connects. The frog has a green dashed grey body and a white face with circular black eyes surrounded by a green area with black brows above and red nostrils. Connected to the back of the frog, there is a bird head that is part of the raven's upraised tail. The bird's head has circular black eyes surrounded by a green area with a red mouth and a black beak while four feathers are along the neck that have a white split u within a black u form. The bottom piece that is the belly of the raven has a face with circular black eyes surrounded by a tapering oval and a green area with black brows above, a black beak nose with green nostrils, and an open red mouth showing twelve white teeth. Below, there is a vertically bisymmetrical black design consisting of an ovoid in ovoid with various curving lines at either corner side and two inverted u forms below sharing a central ovoid in ovoid at the bottom. The bottom of the wings are white.
History Of Use
For use in Tlha'sa.
Cultural Context
ceremonial
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1964
- Collected in Smith Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Takus, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Charlie George Walkus before March 9, 1964
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Charlie George Walkus (Seller) on March 9, 1964
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Charlie George Walkus
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Charlie George Walkus (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Smith Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Takus, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1964
- Ownership Date
- before March 9, 1964
- Acquisition Date
- on March 9, 1964
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 41
- Accession Number
- 1982/0003