Object name: Rattle spoon / Loans: S1966-1967 #89: University of Alaska, Fairbanks (April 17, 1967–October 2, 1967) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Rattle spoon, accession number 2-19096, described as Wooden. Rattle in fish form (salmon) with human figure inside. Spoon projects from head of fish. Alder painted red and green. Label: "George Davidson, Chilkat, Aug. 1869." Wood and fish design type identified by Charles Brown, June 1964. Flat motif on back of spoon, like the handle, represents a man inside a fish (man was saved by fish who swallowed him and carried him ashore inside its belly). Fish looks like a salmon.