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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.

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