Collection place: Northwest Coast, United States / Culture or time period: Northwest Coastal People / Loans: S1976-1977 #28: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (November 19, 1976–May 9, 1977) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collection place Northwest Coast, United States Culture or time period Northwest Coastal People Loans S1976-1977 #28: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (November 19, 1976–May 9, 1977)

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-19095, described as Totemic wooden rattle; globular form, face on one side, killer whale (?) design on other; face is bird - owl, eagle, or hawk; made of alder. Killer whale design very doubtful (fide S. Weikel, 1964). Painted red, black, and 2 shades of blue. Bird and alder identified by Charles Brown.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-10875, described as Consisting of a stick with carved heads at ends painted red, blue, and black; pendant puffin beaks; alder. Double wolf heads at one end; raven with frog in mouth at other; raven with frog in mouth refers to a myth where raven took frog in mouth and descended to depths of the sea, frog acting as lung for raven; double wolf is a Tlingit motif (fide Charles Brown).