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Game | Shell1996-1/20
Rattle, Doctor's, 11 ShellsE/1937

SPIRITS LIKE THE SOUND OF THE RATTLE AND DRUM: GEORGE THORNTON EMMONS' COLLECTION OF TLINGIT SHAMANS' KITS. ILIFF, BARBARA ELIZABETH DISSERTATION, 1994

Culture
Tlingit: Sitka Qwan: Kake Satee
Material
scallop shell and sinew
Made in
12 Miles South Of Sitka, Hot Springs, Baranof Island, Sitka Borough, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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RattleA4277

Rattle made of three pecten scallop shells, two small (one is cream-white while the other is purple-pink) and one large (beige-pink), hanging from a light brown wood hoop bound with beige cloth along the side from where the large shell is located.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
scallop shell, wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA4276

Rattle made of four pecten scallop shells joined on wire. Wire is twirled and twisted in a figure eight formation with brown cloth along the top.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
scallop shell, metal and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA4275

Rattle made of five pecten scallop shells of different sizes joined on wire. Wire is doubled and twisted in an angled figure eight formation with brown cloth around the top loop.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
scallop shell, fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA4274

Rattle made of four pecten scallop shells of different sizes joined on wire. Wire is doubled and twisted in a figure eight formation with brown cloth around the top loop.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
scallop shell, metal and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA9275

Rattle made of two pecten scallop shells of medium size (one is purple brown while the other is cream-yellow) hanging from a light brown wood hoop bound with brown twine.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
scallop shell, wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA9274

Rattle made of two pecten scallop shells of medium size (both are brown) hanging from a light brown wood hoop bound with beige cloth.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, scallop shell and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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