Object class: Idiophones (instruments that produce sound by vibrating the instruments themselves) / Collection place: Northwest Coast, United States / Culture or time period: Tlingit - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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 2-4620, described as Carved, painted red, blue and black. Shape is a raven with a hawk head on the undeside and a figure probably representing a shaman on the back (fide Vera Mae Fredrickson). Raven's "ears" connect with head of human figure (fide Charles Brown).

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-4608, described as Representing a human face, has human hair.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-4619, described as Carved bird, raven. Painted red, pale green, pale blue and black. "Raven's "ears" connect with human figure's head" fide Charles Brown, June 1964.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-4609, described as 2 pieces of wood fastened with pebbles inside. Painted anthropomorphic face in red and black.

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).

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-4618, described as Bird shaped (loon with otter and 2 frogs on back); carving of sparrow hawk on underside; painted red, blue and black.

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.