Carved Wooden Rattle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1870
label: Collection Date
content: 1867 to 1869
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Alexander H. Hoff
label: Donor Name
content: Army Medical Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SEATED FIGURE OF A MAN, WITH ONE HAND RAISED AND THE OTHER HUNG DOWN. BACK CARVED TO REPRESENT THE SPINAL COLUMN. ATTACHED TO THE HEAD IS FULL TUFT OF HAIR. PAINTED BURNT RED AND SOME BLACK. AS USUAL MADE IN TWO PARTS LENGTHWISE SO THE HOLLOW CAN HAVE BEANS OR OTHERWISE TO SERVE AS A RATTLE. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 58, FIG. 303; P. 330. LOAN: CROSSROADS SEP 22 1988. ILLUS.: CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS CATALOGUE; FIG. 370, P.271. LOAN RETURNED: JAN 21 1993." Crossroads of Continents catalogue caption identifies: "Shaman's rattle, Tlingit. This rattle may represent the shaman himself or one of his spirits. His collarbones and vertebrae are sculpted in relief. The grinning face and animated posture of his detailed hands give vitality to the figure. Human hair forms his moustache, beard, and hair, which is long and disheveled in the manner of Tlingit shamans. Asymmetrical paint designs on the face are also typical of shamans."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Baranof Island / Sitka, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 001767
label: USNM Number
content: E9257-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle