Rattle Item Number: A3794 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Painted wood rattle held together with metal nails and having strands of commercial black wool representing hair while a handle forms the lower jaw. The white face has circular black eyes outlined by a tapering oval surrounded by a green area with black brows above and a thin downward pointed orange-red line below the brows. The nostrils are orange-red. The open, downward turned, orange-red mouth shows nine carved white teeth. At either side of the mouth, there is a black ovoid in ovoid with three orange-red u forms above it and an orange-red ovoid within a black split u next to it near the nose. Vertical orange-red dashes are at either sides of the handle. The back of the head is painted black with a black ovoid within a large white oval.
History Of Use
Were carried and shaken by Hamats!a attendants: solalhala to calm Hamats!a dancer. (D. Roberts, J. Dick, A. Alfred 1966).
Iconographic Meaning
Depicts a decapitated head. (D. Roberts, 1966)
Cultural Context
ceremonial
Item History
- Made by Dick Price (Maker) in British Columbia, Canada before 1936
- Collected in Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by James Knox before April 1952
- Received from James Knox (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) during April 1952
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Creator
- Dick Price (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- James Knox
- Received from
- James Knox (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1936
- Ownership Date
- before April 1952
- Acquisition Date
- during April 1952
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 35
- Accession Number
- 1858/0006