Rattle

Museum number:
2-4805
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004805
Alternate number:
x-1201 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Made of copper; sea animal face with fins on side of face. "Native copper, new handle" (fide John Witthoft, University Museum, Philadelphia). Identification of sea animal and use by Charles Brown, June 1964.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Fort Wrangell, British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Fort Wrangell
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Fremont Morse
Collection date:
1883
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used by women during dances; such copper rattles are highly valued (fide Charles Brown, June 1964.)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 25.5 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "sey-sux" (rattle); "tinna" (copper).
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1952-1953 #2: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (dates unknown), S1961-1962 #1: Heard Museum (July 10, 1961–February 16, 1962), S1963-1964 #1: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (July 1, 1963–July 1, 1963), S1963-1964 #91: Haida-Tlingit Organization, Oakland (May 30, 1964–June 1, 1964), S1963-1964 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963), S1972-1973 #60: Fowler Museum of Cultural History (UC Los Angeles) (March 9, 1973–June 19, 1973), S1973-1974 #65: Oakland Museum of California (March 8, 1974–April 24, 1974), S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975), and S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Rattle, accession number 2-4805, described as Made of copper; sea animal face with fins on side of face. "Native copper, new handle" (fide John Witthoft, University Museum, Philadelphia). Identification of sea animal and use by Charles Brown, June 1964.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Rattle, accession number 2-4805, described as Made of copper; sea animal face with fins on side of face. "Native copper, new handle" (fide John Witthoft, University Museum, Philadelphia). Identification of sea animal and use by Charles Brown, June 1964.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Rattle, accession number 2-4805, described as Made of copper; sea animal face with fins on side of face. "Native copper, new handle" (fide John Witthoft, University Museum, Philadelphia). Identification of sea animal and use by Charles Brown, June 1964.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Rattle, accession number 2-4805, described as Made of copper; sea animal face with fins on side of face. "Native copper, new handle" (fide John Witthoft, University Museum, Philadelphia). Identification of sea animal and use by Charles Brown, June 1964.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-4805, described as Made of copper; sea animal face with fins on side of face. "Native copper, new handle" (fide John Witthoft, University Museum, Philadelphia). Identification of sea animal and use by Charles Brown, June 1964.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-4805, described as Made of copper; sea animal face with fins on side of face. "Native copper, new handle" (fide John Witthoft, University Museum, Philadelphia). Identification of sea animal and use by Charles Brown, June 1964.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-4805, described as Made of copper; sea animal face with fins on side of face. "Native copper, new handle" (fide John Witthoft, University Museum, Philadelphia). Identification of sea animal and use by Charles Brown, June 1964.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-4805, described as Made of copper; sea animal face with fins on side of face. "Native copper, new handle" (fide John Witthoft, University Museum, Philadelphia). Identification of sea animal and use by Charles Brown, June 1964.

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