Rattle Item Number: A7536 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Cylindrical brown wood piece carved with an animal head on one side and a human head on the other side with a set of two or three deer hooves and two claws attached around near either end. The human head has oval eyes, a nose, cheeks, a slightly parted mouth, and long hair. The animal head has rounded eyes surrounded by a tapering oval, nostrils, a thin mouth, and an upraised brow.
Narrative
Some items in this collection are thought to have been collected by E. H. Verney, circa 1862. (The seller, D.G. Young, mistakenly wrote in his letters to MOA that the EHV stood for EH Verity.)
Cultural Context
ceremonial
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected before 1893
- Owned by Edmund Hope Verney and John Scott Young
- Owned by David G. Young before September 15, 1961
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and David G. Young (Seller) on September 15, 1961
What
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Previous Owner
- Edmund Hope Verney, John Scott Young and David G. Young
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and David G. Young (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada ?
When
- Collection Date
- before 1893
- Ownership Date
- before September 15, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on September 15, 1961
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0053/0010