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

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Hearst Museum object titled Clapper, accession number 2-4578a,b, described as 2 halves of a clapper. Totemic carvings representing wolf or weasel. Painted green, red, and black. Made of wood. Animal species and use identified by Charles Brown, June, 1964. 2-4578b recatalogued from 2-6484.

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 2-19094, described as Totemic wooden rattle in raven form, human being on back with frog on his stomach and hawk head behind his legs, raven "ears" connect with head of human figure, sparrow hawk carving on underside; alder; painted red, blue, and black. Frog sitting on human figure is sticking its tongue into mouth of human. Raven head with frog in mouth refers to a myth where raven took frog in its mouth and descended to the depths of the sea, frog acting as lungs for raven. Raven, frog and wood 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).