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Raven rattle used in Tlh'asala, Dlawalaxa dancers.

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 with a whale design. Handle is bound with green. Raven has black ovoid in ovoid eyes surrounded by a tapering oval and a green area with black brows above. The beak is black with an open red mouth holding a red ball. The back has vertical black dashes with black wings that have a green ovoid in a black ovoid, a red and green split u within a black split u that has a black ovoid within, a green and red split u, and a red ovoid at the tip. The tail is in reverse with four feathers that have an inverted black split u coming from a downward pointing green triangle connected to the back that has a small bird's face with circular black eyes surrounded by a plain tapering oval and a green area, red nostrils, a red mouth, and a pair of inverted green split u's and horizontal red dashes below along with two green wrists that have five red claws. The reclining human on top has a red body and a plain face with circular black eyes surrounded by a plain tapering oval and a green area with black brows above, a red nose, and a red mouth where the red tongue of the green frog connects. The bottom piece that is the belly of the raven has a face with green eyes at the bottom with green and red split u's at along either side and red dots and dashes within and around a green shape that has red accents.

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ceremonial