Rattle Item Number: A3544 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded rattle. Along either sides of each piece, there is a hole to bind the two pieces together with brown string. Pieces are also bound together at the top. Handle is bound with brown string. Designs consisting of a large human face painted on both sides. Both faces have black outlined L-shaped eyes that are consisting of an upper horizontal green oval (one face has plain black outlined pupils while the other face has an additional dot within) with dashes (one face has green dashes while the other face has red dashes) in the lower section, thick black brows with a black and red design above, a black nose consisting of two circles connected by an inverted u-line, a red mouth outlined by black, a curving red line along the cheeks, and an inward pointing sideways red w-shape at either side. A thin red downward pointing line is below the black brows on one face while a red line extends from the curving red line along the cheeks up along the nose and around the top of the black brows down to the inward pointing sideways red w-shape at either side.
History Of Use
Carried by attendant of Hamats!a dancer, hilige', and shaken to pacify the dancers.
Cultural Context
ceremonial
Narrative
Was owned and used by Tom Patch Wamiss.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1951
- Collected in Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Ukwanalis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Tom Patch Wamiss before September 1951
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Tom Patch Wamiss (Seller) during September 1951
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Tom Patch Wamiss
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Tom Patch Wamiss (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Ukwanalis, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1951
- Ownership Date
- before September 1951
- Acquisition Date
- during September 1951
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1904/0002