Rattle

Museum number:
2-4619
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004619
Alternate number:
x-1015 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
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.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
This is a properly processed rattle...used by chief in full regalia in ritual of putting up totem pole, name-giving, peace-making settlement, etc...only "impt. people" can use such a rattle; only one raven rattle can be used at a given ceremony.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 31 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "sey-sux" (rattle). "made by men." fide Charles Brown, June 1964. Remarks: Cf. "Indian Art in America" by F.J. Dockstader, London; Studio Books, 1961, pl. 82.
Loans:
S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1963-1964 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963), S1970-1971 #21: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 12, 1970–January 20, 1971), and S2002-2003 #6: University Art Gallery (CSU East Bay) (October 15, 2002–February 21, 2003)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 14 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 2 of 14 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 3 of 14 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 4 of 14 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 5 of 14 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 6 of 14 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 7 of 14 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 8 of 14 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 9 of 14 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 10 of 14 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 11 of 14 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 12 of 14 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 13 of 14 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 14 of 14 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.

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