Rattle
Chief's rattle; depicts the raven lengend a raven is shown with a human figure reclining on his back; the man holds a frog's tongue in his mouth in the act of sucking out a person which was believed to be helpful to shamans in their mystical rituals; the frog's body emerges from a hawk; the rounded underside of the raven's body is carved to represent a sparrow hawk; polychromed cedarwood sewn together with leather, inlaid abalone eyes in the raven
- Date
- c. 1850-1910
- In our collection
- since September the 13th, 2017 up to now
- Dimensions
- 12 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (31.8 x 9.5 cm)
- Location
- G261
- Medium
- Cedarwood, leather, abalone, shell, pigment
- Price
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- Composition
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iron 41% cadmium 44% zinc 2% atium 4% oxygen 1% copper 8%