Carved Rattle (Shi Sha)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Dec 1883
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "For dancing. Bear? See U.S.N.M Report 1888, pl. LIX, fig. 313, p. 330. See Fig. 46, p. 194 of Bill Holm, "Will the Real Charles Edensaw Please Stand Up?", in _The World Is As Sharp As A Knife_; British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria; 1981. Rattle is attributed there to Haida carver Tom Price." Rattle was formerly on exhibit in NHB Hall 9, case 29. Exhibit label identified it as a rattle in the form of a bear.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: British Columbia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Haida
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 013804
label: USNM Number
content: E89076-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 28.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 14 cm