Rattle Item Number: 2854/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Leather rattle with wooden handle and decorative beadwork. On one end of the rattle, there are coarse dark and lighter brown hairs protruding. The hairs are wrapped into the rattle with fabric that looks similar in width and texture to medical tape. The same hair also appears to be stitched into the fabric on the underside of the rattle. The rattle is wrapped with the fabric until about half-way along the handle. After this point there are many strings of small beads wrapped around the handle. The beads are grey, white, red, green, and yellow. After the beads, the handle narrows and then extends into a bulbous leather rattle. There are small stitches around the skin section and the thinner part of the handle. There are unknown pieces of something inside the rattle, to make the noise.
History Of Use
Possibly a healing rattle?
Narrative
The rattle was a gift to the executive director of the Vancouver Native Health Society, who donated it to MOA.
Cultural Context
ceremonial
Item History
- Made in Canada ?
- Owned by Lou Demerais before January 20, 2011
- Received from Lou Demerais (Donor) on January 20, 2011
What
Who
- Culture
- Cree ?
- Previous Owner
- Lou Demerais
- Received from
- Lou Demerais (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Canada ?
When
- Ownership Date
- before January 20, 2011
- Acquisition Date
- on January 20, 2011
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2854/0001