RATTLE

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

RATTLE

Entry/Object ID

143/5783

Description

Rattle used in dancing ceremony/wood/bird, man on back holding bird head/Turnstone bird/handle wrapped in hide/11.5"x3.5"x4"

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Sitka

State/Province

Alaska

Culture/Tribe

Tlingit
Native American, First Nation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Rattle

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Device, Sound Signaling

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Sound Communication Devices

Nomenclature Class

Sound Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Dimensions

Height

4 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Length

11-1/2 in

Parts

Count

1

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

Hudson Bay Fur Company 1919 Sitka, Alaska