Rattle-Clapper
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "TWO SPOON-SHAPED PIECES OF CARVED WOOD, ONE WITH A HUMAN FIGURE CARVED ON CONVEX SIDE, THE OTHER WITH A HUMAN MASK. EACH ONE IS MADE THIN WHERE IT BEGINS TO FORM THE HANDLE. THE FLAT OR CONCAVE SIDES OF THE BODY FACE EACH OTHER AND THE ENDS THAT FORM THE HANDLE ARE BOUND TOGETHER WITH A WRAPPING OF CORD. USED AT THE DOG FEASTS. 20,590. LOANED TO S.I. CENTENNIAL EXHIBIT (A&I) 10-29-75."
label: Notes
content: Ian Reed (Heiltsuk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th -24th, 2013. There is is a sea creature on the clapper, with eyes, fin, tail, nose, and big lips. There is also a human on the back, with a dorsal fin. The clapper appears to be made out of yew.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Feb 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: British Columbia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bella Bella (Heiltsuk, Haíłzaqv)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004686
label: USNM Number
content: E20590-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clapper