Rattle

Museum number:
2-15581a-f
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210215581a@2df
Alternate number:
58 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
Skin fringes with puffin beaks tied on.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Masset, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Queen Charlotte Islands; Masset
Culture or time period:
Haida
Collector:
Willie J. Clark Dodd
Collection date:
1887-1890
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1936
Context of use:
Possibly wristlet rattles of shaman's outfit. Part of 15580-82 (shaman's outfit)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Rattle, accession number 2-15581a-f, described as Skin fringes with puffin beaks tied on.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Rattle, accession number 2-15581a-f, described as Skin fringes with puffin beaks tied on.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Rattle, accession number 2-15581a-f, described as Skin fringes with puffin beaks tied on.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Rattle, accession number 2-15581a-f, described as Skin fringes with puffin beaks tied on.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Rattle, accession number 2-15581a-f, described as Skin fringes with puffin beaks tied on.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Rattle, accession number 2-15581a-f, described as Skin fringes with puffin beaks tied on.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-15581a-f, described as Skin fringes with puffin beaks tied on.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-15581a-f, described as Skin fringes with puffin beaks tied on.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-15581a-f, described as Skin fringes with puffin beaks tied on.

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