Rattle
Item number A6296 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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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 oval rattle. Along either sides of each piece, there are holes to bind the two pieces together with brown string and cedar bark fringes. Pieces are also bound together at the top with brown string and cedar bark fringe. Handle is bound with brown string. Design is consisting of a killer whale. One side has a white face with eyes that have a horizontal rectangle within a black circle within a vertical inverted black split u. Black brows curve upward and around the sides. The nostrils are inward pointing red triangles. The upward turned black open mouth shows twelve red teeth. The other side has a horizontal rectangle within a red ovoid within a plain white carved ovoid within a black ovoid on the lower portion with a black m-shape above that has a horizontal rectangle within a black ovoid at either top side.
History Of Use
Used by killer whale dancers (A. Hawthorn).
Cultural Context
ceremonial
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1953
- Collected in Gilford Island, British Columbia, Canada and Gwa'yasdam's, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Harriet Scow before November 16, 1953
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Harriet Scow (Seller) on November 16, 1953
What
- Name
- Rattle
- Identification Number
- A6296
- Type of Item
- rattle
- Material
- cedar bark, wood, paint and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Overall
- height 33.8 cm, width 15.2 cm, depth 10.2 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Gilford Island, British Columbia, Canada and Gwa'yasdam's, British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Harriet Scow
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Harriet Scow (Seller)
When
- Creation Date
- before 1953
- Ownership Date
- before November 16, 1953
- Acquisition Date
- on November 16, 1953
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 27
- Accession Number
- 1946/0001
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