Name/Title
Eskimo Lost Art Rattle & Knife, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910Entry/Object ID
143/365Description
Eskimo Lost Art Rattle & Knife, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910. sepia. Photo of carved face with handle rattle and knife with carved face on hilt.
Handwritten on back:
"Correspondence, Vol. 1, pg. 80G, 80J, W. H. Case
"Old rattle, finest of old Lost Art type of work . Made of native copper double faced same on both sides, eyes inlaid with abalone shell, as are teeth, riveted along edges with copper rivets; hand wound with deerhide ribbons. Circumference around head, 20". Antique piece of native work, not made last few years. $20.00
Old side arm, match to rattle of three cornered copper. Solid copper flange riveted to blade, making heavy, massive , dangerous weapon, very sharp on both edges and quite old. Handle wound with deer hide ribbons. Beautifully carved heads on handles made of mountain sheep horn; eyes inlaid with abalone shell. $20.00".Collection
Harry L. George Collection, PHOTOGRAPHSLexicon
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Native American, Alaska Tribes, Eskimo, George CollectionDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 6½" x 4¼"