Carved Wooden Rattle (Shisha)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Dec 1883
label: Collection Date
content: Oct 1883
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Design: "Hoonyeh" the raven, its body hollowed to form the body of the rattle. On its breast is the conventional head of "Skamson" the sparrow hawk, on its back the prostrate form of "Ka-ka-tete" the whistling demon. The tail of the raven turns up forming the head of a king fisher, its beak plucking out the tongue of the demon. Carved by Ellsworth [a.k.a. Ellswarsh] a Skiddegate carver."
label: Notes
content: Per the entry on E89186 in the website http://alaska.si.edu/, Ellsworth or Ellswarsh may refer to Daniel Eldjiwus [a.k.a. Daniel Elljuuwas], a chief and builder of the House of Contentment at Skidegate.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) / Graham Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Haida
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 013804
label: USNM Number
content: E89079-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle